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A Large Map of the City and Surroundings. 
Maps of points of interest in the vicinity of 
each pubiic building or locality. 


hagrams and Engravings of Public Buildings. 


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A SIGHTSEER'S GUIDE. 


Copiously Illustrated by a series of consecutively arranged Route- 
Maps, Diagrams, and Engravings, Directing to, Locating, 
Representing and Describing Places, Buildings, 
and Objects of Interest in the Magnificent 
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By de B. RANDOLPH KEIM, 

( Washington Correspondent.) 

Author of “Keim’s Hand-Book of Washington and its Environs,” “Keim ’s 
Official and Social Etiquette,” 


TWENTY-NINTH EDITION. 



The Text of this Guide is revised to date. 
WASHINGTON, D. C.: 

COPYRIGHT 1893. BY DE B. RANDOLPH KEIM. 


PRICE, 25 CENTS. 















4 Word to Sightseers. 


This small guide to the National Capitol is the best published, because 
it is kept revised, to date, in the body of the book and not only on the title 
pige. It is also the most conveniently arranged, having in addition to other 
features, a reference index to the contents of the work. It also has illustra¬ 
tions and descriptions of the latest objects of interest not found in other works. 

Strangers in the city would do well to examine for themselves, and get a 
description of the capital and its places of interest as they exist to-day, and 
as they will be two or three years hence, and not a' they were three or four 
years ago. 

GENERAL INFORMATION. 

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Street Car Directory. —The street railway system of Washington is 
one of the finest in the country; it affords facilities for reaching or passing, 
within easy distance, every portion of the city and every object of interest. 
With the use of the map in this guide, every place of interest can be located. 
Fare, 5 cents, 6 tickets for 25 cents. Good on all lines. 

The Washington and Georgetown Railr 'ad extends from West Wash¬ 
ington or Georgetown, south-easterly across the city, passing through the 
business portions, by the Washington Aqueduct, Statue of Washington, State 
War and Navy Departm ents, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Executive Mansion, 
Statues of Lafayette and Jackson, Departments of Justice, and the Treasury; 
Statue of Rawlins, Franklin, Centre Market, and Nationrl Guard Armory, Pa. 
R. R. Station, Botanic Garden, Naval Monument, the West Front of the 
Capitol, Grand Stairway, and Statue of Marshal , Statue of Garfield, House 
Wing of the Capitol, Coast Survey, National Library Building, and Marine 
Barracks to the Naval Arsenal gate; distance 5 miles. 

Branch I ines. —Exchange tickets given; New York Avenue and 15th 
Street, N. W., running north on Street, passing Thomas and Luther 

Statues to Boundary, distance 1 y 2 r^tij9'S; thence to Mount Fleasant and 
northern suburbs, 2 ]/ 2 miles, everyHen minutes, no extra fare. 

At 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue exchange tickets given, extends 
northward, passing the Departments of the Post Office and Interior (Patent 
Office,) to Boundary, distance 2 miles. Southward from Pennsylvania Avenue, 
passing ihe National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, the Statue of Henry, 
Medical Museum, and Station, Fish Commission to the wharves of the Mount 
Vernon, Alexandria, and River and Chesapeake Bay Steamers, distance ij^ 
miles. The cable system is in use on this line. 

Metropolitan Railroad extends from West Washington near George- 
town-College and High Service Reservoir, going east, passes near Oak llilj 
Cemetery, Statue of Dupont, through the “West End,” by the British Lega. 
tion, Statutes of Fariagut, Jackson, McPherson, (near) Department of the In. 
terior, (Patent Office,) General Post Offic;, Pension Building, Court House 
Baltimore and Ohio R. R., the Capitol, Senate Wing, Na’ional Library’ 
Statue of Green (near) to Lincoln Park and Emancipation Statue, distance, 4 ]/ 2 ' 
miles. 


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TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX 


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NAME. 


LOCATION. 


PAGE. 


NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 


Agriculture, Dept, of. 

Alexandria. 

Amusements, Places. 

Aqueduct, Washington... 
Arlington and Cemetery... 
Army, Headquarters of... 
Armory, W. L. Infantry .. 
“ National Rifles... 

Asylum, Washington. 

Barracks, Washington .... 

Barracks, Marine. 

Bartholdi Fountain. 

Battle Cemetery.. 

Boat Houses.. 

Botanic Garden. 

British Legat>on. 

Cabin-John Bridge. 

Capitol, The. 

Catholic University. 

Chain Bridge. 

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. 

Churches. 

Clubs. 

Coast & Geodetic Survey.. 
Columbian University.... 
Congressional ( emetery .. 

Convent of Visitation. 

Corcoran Gallery of Art... 

Court of Claims. 

Court House, U. S. 

Daguerre Memorial. 

Deaf Mute Asyl’m& Coll’ge 

Dupont, Statue of. 

Emancipation, Statue of... 
Engraving & Printing Bur. 

Executive Mansion. 

Falls of Potomac. 

Farragut, Statue of. 

Fish Ponds, U. S. 

Fish Commission Station . 

Fort Myer. 

Fort Stevens. 

Franklin Statue. 

Garfield Statue. 

Garfield Hospital. 

Georgetown. 


The Mall.| 

Virginia. j 

Directory. 

Rock Creek. j 

Virginia.( 

War Dept. 

15th & E Sts. 

G bet. 9th & 10th.j 

C & 19th sts., s. e. 

Ft. 4 y 2 st. w.; 

8 bet. G & I. s. e. 

Botanic Garden. 

7th St. Road. 


Pa. Ave & 3 st. 

Conn. Av. & N st. 

Maryland. 

Capitol Park. 

N and 4th sts. n. e. 

Maryland. 

W. Washington. 

Stranger’s Directory.... 

Directory. 

N. J. Ave., s. e. 

15th & H sts. 

1 Sth & E sts., s. e. 

35th & P sts. 

17th & Pa. Ave. 

Dept, of Justice.| 

Judiciary Square.| 

National Museum. 

E end M st., n. 

Conn. Ave. & P st.j 

E. Cap. & 11 th sts _ 

15th & B sts. s. w. 

Pre’s. Grounds. 

Maryland and Virginia.. 

Conn. Ave. & I st. 

S. of Pres. Park. 

6 and B sts. s. w. 

Virginia. 

7th St. Road. 

10th and D sts. 

Penna. Ave. 

N. end nth st. 

W. Washington.1 


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68 

71 
67 
67 

33 
38 
56 
53 
49 

5 2 

27 

65 

76 

27 

59 

66 

9 

66 

66 

59 

72 

7 i 

52 

58 

53 

59 

34 

36 

55 

44 

64 

59 

54 
41 

29 

66 

58 

38 

48 

67 

66 


52 

27 

62 

60 


Belt Line. 

7th St. P'erry. 


W. & G. R. R. 

it i( 

W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G R. R. 
Met. R. R. 

W. & G. R. R. 
9 & 7st. branch. 
VV. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
7th St. Plxt’d. 
W>& G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Aqueduct Rd. 
W. & G. R. R. 
E. & S. IP.R.R. 
River Road. 

W. & G. R. R. 


W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 

W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 

W. & G. R.R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 

7th St. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 
Met. R. R. 

Belt Line. 

W. & G. R. R. 
Aqueduct Rd. 
Met. R. R. 

Belt line. 

W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 


W. & G. R. R. 
W. & G. R. R. 
14th St. Cars. 
W. & G. R. R. 


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TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 


NAME. 


Georgetown College. 

Glen Echo. 

Glenwood Ceme'ery. 

Gov’t Printing Office. 

Grand Army Place . 

Grand Stairway. 

Grasslands. 

Green, Slatue of. 

Gun Foundry. 

Henry, Statue of. 

High School. 

High Service Reservo r... 
Hospitals and Asylums... 

Howard University. 

Hotels, Flats, &c. 

House of Representatives. 

Insane Asylum. 

Interior, Department of_ 

Jackson, Statue of. 

Jail, U. S. 

Judiciary Square. 

Justice, Dept, of. 

Lafayette Square. 

Lafayette ^tatue. 

Library of Congress. 

Library, National. 

Lincoln Column. 

Lincoln Statue. 

Logan Statue and Grave.. 

Long Bridge. 

Louise Home. 

Luther, Statue of. 

Mall. 

Market, Central. 

Marshall, Statue of. 

Masonic Temple. 

McPherson, Statue of..... 
Medical Museum Army.... 
Methodist University .... 

Metropolitan Club. 

Money Order Office. 

Monument of Peace_ 

Mt. Olivet Cemetery. 

Mt. Pleasant. 

Mt. Vernon. 

Mt. Vernon Avenue. 

National Military Cemetery 
National Museum. 


LOCATION. 


W. end 2nd st. W. W... 

Conduit Road, Md. 

N. end N. Cap. st. 

N. Cap. & H s s. 

S. of Ex. Mansion. 

The Capitol. 

Rockville Pike. 

C & 5 sts., n. e. 

See Navy Yard,-- 

Smithsonian Grounds .. 

O bet. 6th & 7th sts._ 

High & 8th sts. W. W.. 

See Maps. 

7th St. Road. 

Stranger’s Directory.... 

The Capitol. 

District. 

F bet. 7th & 9th sts_ 

Lafayette Square.. 

19th, bet. B & C, s. e... 
Between D & G 4 & 5 Sts. 

Pa. Av. & 1^/4 st. 

Pa. Ave. i$'/2 & 16% " 
Pa. Ave. 15^ & 16-- 

The Capitol. 

1 & 2 F. Cap. & B sts. E 

S. of U. S. C. H. 

Lincoln Park. 

[3&PstsNat.& Mil.Cem. 

Foot of 14th st. 

Mass. Ave. & 15th. 

Vt. Ave. & 14th st. 

B N. and B S. sts. 


W. of Capitol. 

91I1 & F sts. 

Vt. Ave. & 15th st. 

B and 7 St., S. E. 

Tenallytown Road. 

17th and H sts. 

8 & E sts. 

Naval Monument. 


14th St. Cars Ext’ed_ 

See Wharves. 


District . 
The Mall 


PAGE. 

NEAREST 

STREET CARS. 

59 

Met. R. R. 

66 

G.&T.E R.R. 

65 


63 

Columbia R. R. 

38 

W. & G. R. R. 

26 


65 


55 

Met. R. R. 

50 

W & G. R. R. 

44 

7th st. R. R. 

5 6 

Belt Line. 

59 

Met. R. R. 

26 

7th St. Ext’d. 

72 


24 

Anacostia Rd. 

67 

Anacostia Rd. 

57 

Met.& 7st.R.R. 

35 

W. & G. R. R. 

53 

. & G. R. R. 

55 

Met. R. R. 

35 

W. & G. R. R. 

35 

W. & G. R. R. 

35 

W. & G. R. R. 

17 


27 

W. & G.& Met. 

55 

Met. R. R. 

54 

Met. R. R. 

65 

Sil. Spr’g R.R. 

41 

Belt Line. 


14th st. R. R. 

62 

14th st. R. R. 

18 

7th St. Branch 

48 

W. & G. R. R. 

26 

W. & G. R. R. 

62 

Met. R. R. 

58 

Met. R. R. 

47 

Met. R. R. 

65 

G. & T. R. R. 

27 

Met. R. R. 

58 

Met. R. R. 

26 

W. & G. R. R. 

64 

Columbia R. R. 

65 

District. 

68 


69 


65 

Sil. Spr’g R R. 

44 

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NAME. 


Naval Hospital... 

Naval Monument. 

Navy, Dept, of the. 

Navy Yard. 

Oak Hill Cemetery. 

Oak View. 

Observatory, Naval. 

Odd-Fellows’ Hall. 

Opera Houses. 

Patent Office. 

Pension Building. 

Phto. Office, Treas. Dept.. 

Post-Office, City. 

Post-Office, General. 

Potomac Marshes. 

Propagating Garden. 

Railroad Stations.. 
Rawlins, Statue of 
Reform School 
Representatives, House of 
Reservoir 

Rock Creek Church. 

Rock Creek Park. 

Schools. 

Scott, Statue of.. 

Senate Chamber and Wing 
Sewer, Tiber 
Sheridan Statue and Grave 

Signal Office, U. S. 

Smithsonian Insti ution... 

Soldiers’ Home. 

State, Dept, of. 

Stairway, Grand. 

Socie.ies. 

Statistics, Bureau of. 

Statuary Hall. 

Steamers... 

Street Cars. 

Supreme Court of U. S.... 

Terrace, Marble. 

Theatres .. 

Thomas, Statue of... 

Treasury, Dept, of. 

War, Dept, of. 

Washington, Description of 
Washington Monument... 
Washington, Statue of_ 


LOCATION. 


Pa. Av. & 9th st., s. e... 

Pa. Ave. & I st. 

S. W. & N. B’dg. 

Ft of 8th st., s. e. 

N. end 30th st. W. W... 

Rockville Pike. 

23d & E sts. 

7th bet. D & E sts _ 

Stranger’s Directory 
Bet. F, G, 7th & 9th sts. 

G, bet. 4th & 5th sts_ 

S. of Treasury. 

La. av. 7th Pa. av. & nth 
Bet. E, F, 7th & 8th sts. 

See Map.. 

15th & B sts. s. w. 

Stranger’s Directory_ 

Penna. Av. & 9 th st_ 


District. 

District. 

See Map.... 
16th & N sts 
The Capitol. 


In hand—Arlington_ 

G, bet. 17th & 18th sts.. 

The Mall. 

District. 

17th st. & N. Y. Ave. .. 

The Capitol. 

Stranger’s Directory.... 

15th nr. D sts. 

The Capitol. 

Stranger’s Directory.... 

See Map. 

The Capitol. 

The Capitol. 

Stranger’s Directory_ 

14th & M sts. 

15th st. & Pa. Ave. 

t 7th st. & Pa. Ave. 


S. of President’s Park.. 
24th st. & Pa. Ave. 


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PAGE. 

NEAREST 
STREET CARS. 

53 

W. & G. R. R. 

26 

W. & G. R. R. 

33 

1 W. & G. R. R. 

5 ° 

j W. & G. R. R. 

59 

65 

Met. R. R. 

61,66 

W . & G. R. R. 

7 1 

7th st. R. R. 

58 

Met. R. R. 

57 

Met. R. R. 

37 

W. & G. R. R. 

53 

W. & G. R. R. 

58 

Met. R. R. 

4 i 

70 

Belt Line. 

5 2 

W. & G. R. R. 

64 
24 

59>65 

65 

66 

Columbia R. R. 

59 

20 

Met. R. R. 

67 

A. & P. R. R. 

72 

W. & G. R. R. 

44 

W. & G. R. R. 

65 

Sil. Spr’gR.R. 

3 2 

26 

7 i 

W. & G. R. R. 

2 4 

W. & G. R. R. 

7 2 

i 7) i8 

26 

72 

See Map V. 

62 

14th st. R. R. 

36 

W. & G. R. R. 

33 

7 

W. & G. R. R. 

38 

W. & G. R. R. 

61 

W. & G. R. R. 

















































































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TABLE OF REFERENCES AND INDEX. 


NAME. 

LOCATION. 

PAGE. 

NEAREST 

STREET CARS. 

Washington, Statue of.... 
Washington. West. __ 

Capitol Grounds. 

9 

W. & G. R. R. 

60 

W & G. R. R. 

Wayland Seminary....... 


14th st. R R. 
All R. R.’s. 

W. & G. R. R. 

Wharves, Washington.... 
Wharves, W. Washington. 


60 

White House. 

Pa Ave. & 16th st. 

28 

W. & G. R. R 

Work House. 

19th & E sts., s. e. 

55 

W. & G. R. R. 

Y. M. C. A. 

N. Y. Ave. nr. 14th st.. 

72 

Met. R. R. 

Zoological Park. 

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(Continued from page 2.) 

Branch Lines. —Exchange tickets given at 9th and F Streets, extends 
northward, passing the Patent Office, to Boundary at the N. end of 7th Street, 
distance 1%, nriles. Connects there with Silver Springs branch, passing 
Howard University and Distributing Reservoir, to gate of Soldiers Home. 
Running south from F Street, this branch passes Centre Market, Baltimore 
and Potomac (Pennsylvania) R. R., to the gate of the Washington Barracks, 
2 l /z miles, foot of 4 x / 2 St , W. Exchange tickets given at 9th St., and New 
York Ave., W. See Columbia R. R. 

Columbia Railroad. —From 15th Street and New York Avenue, going 
east, passes the Government \ rinting Office, near the Deaf Mute College, 
and ends at the Baltimore Turnpike, distance 2 miles. Exchange tickets given 
on Metropolitan line at 9th St 

North Capitol and O Street, (Belt Line.)—Railroad starts on Mary¬ 
land Avenue at 4^ and makes an enjoyable circuit of the heart of the city, 
passing various points of interest, returning to place of beginning. (See map.) 

A branch line runs along the wharves, passing the Bureau of Engraving 
and Printing, near the Department of Agriculture, Washington Monument, 
and Centre Market. 

The Eckington and Soldiers Home (Electric) Railroad. —Starting 
on New York Avenue at 7th Street, it passes near Glenwood Cemetery, Sol¬ 
diers Home, and Ca holic Universi y to Eckington, N. E. of the Capitol. A 
line of tracks also extends to 15th on G Street opposite ihe Treasury De¬ 
partment. 

The Anacostia Railroad —Starting at B Street N., near 9th Street N. 
W., from foot of 7th Street, passes the Naval Arsenal, crosses the Anacostia 
Bridge to Anacostia or (Uniontown) near the Government Hospital for the 
Insane. G St. to “Congressional” Cemete y. Transfers. 3 cents. 

Herdic Coaches run from the Naval Arsenal via Penna. Ave. to 22d 
and G St., N. W. Fare, same as horse-cars. Horse-car tickets are also 
received as fare. 

IIekdic Cabs are run to any part of the city. Fare, 25 cents, within 1 
mile; 75 cents per hour for one passenger; $1 per hour for more than one. 

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EORGE WASHINGTON, First President of the United States, on 
TvT July 16, 1790, approved the act of Congress establishing the permanent 
^^seat of Government of the U. S. on the banks of the Potomac, and by 
proclamation of Jan. 24, 1791, directed the Commissioners, appointed to 
superintend the building of the city, to run the experimentol lines of the 
Federal District. On March 30, a proclamation by The President defined 
the permanent lines, the corner stone of which was planted with appropriate 
ceremonies on April 15, following. 



The City of Washington, the Capital of the United States of America, 
is situated on the left or Eastern bank of the Potomac River, at ihe conflu¬ 
ence of the Anacostia or Eastern branch of that stream, io6j^ miles from 
the Chesapeake Bay, and 185 miles from the ocean. The latitude of Wash¬ 
ington (Naval Observatory) is 38° 53' 38" 8 N., and longitude 77 0 3' i" 
35 W. of Greenwich. The area of the city is 6111 a.; namely, 1001 a. ave¬ 
nues and streets; 150 a. pavements; 790 a. public reservations and parks, 
and 4170 a. squares occupied by residences and business places. 


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THE CAPITOL—STATUE OF WASHINGTON. 


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Its Government under the Act of 1874 is managed by three Commissioners 
appointed by the President. The area of the District of Columbia is 65 s. m. 
since the retrocession to Virginia in 1846. The population is 260,000 the City 
representing 220 000. 

THE CAPITOL. 


The Capitol occupies a lofty seat on the Western 
edge of the plateau of Capitol hill, 89^' above mean 
low water in the Potomac, and overlooking the Wes¬ 
tern, or official, business and fashionable quarter of 
the city. The surrounding Park comprises 51^ a, 
artistically laid out under the direction of Fred Law 
Olmstead, landscape architect. A marble terrace at d 
grand stairway erected on the N., W. and S. greatly 
add to the imposing appearance of the structure. The 
building is 75i'x324 / , including porticos, the principal 
front being on the E. The ground plan covers about 
3^ a. It is of the Corinthian order, with a rustic 
sub-basement, basement prircipal, and attic stories. 

The original building, of Potomac Aquia Creek free 
stone, was commenced in 1793, and the N. and S. 
wings were finished in 1813. The interior was de¬ 
stroyed in 1814and rebuilt 1815-’ 19 It was extended 
by the addition of the marble wings in 1851, which 
were occupied, the S. by the House c f Representatives SIAI UE 0F freedom 
in 1857, and N. by the Senate i • 1859, work, however, was continued for 12 

years longer. The present Dome of iron, 
erected i 856-’63, is 288' from the ground-line 
to the top of the statue of America, and 135 y 2 ' 
in diameter. Cost, $1,000,000. 

The Statue of America , by Crawford, which 
surmounts the dome, is 19^' high, was placed 
in position in 1863, and cost $24,000. The 
building, to date, cost $15,000,000. (See 
Grand Stairway and Architectural Terrace, 
Page 26.) 

Advancing toward the Capitol from the plaza 
on the east, opposite the central portico stands 
Gieenough’s colossal marble Statue of George 
Washington , erected in its present position in 
1842. Total cost $44,000. 

On the N. blocking of the central port co, is 
Gieenough’s marble group, the Settlement of 
America , erected in 1842, cost $24,000, and 
on the S., Persic o’s marble Statue op Columbus, 
representing the discovery of America, erected 
in 1846, cost $24,000. In the typanum of the 
pediment of the portico is Persico’s alto relievo, 
GREENOUGH’s Washington. The Genius of America. On the pediment of 















THE GREAT BRONZE DOOR. 


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the Senate portico is Crawford’s marble group representing the Progress oj: 
Civilization in the United States. Cost $46,000. 

Across the Park E. of the House wing is the building of the National 
Library, in course of erection 

Having taken a careful view of the Capitol from the E., the tourist should 
now enter by the broad steps of the central portico. Upon a platform here 
temporarily erected, during the ceremony of inauguration, the President of 
the U. S. takes the oath of office in the presence of the people assembled on 
the esplanade in front. Upon reachingthe platform of theportico, the tourist 
approaches the great Bronze Door , or Alain Entrance to the Capitol. In the 
niches are the statues of Peace and War , by Persico, placed in position in 1832, 
cost $12,000 each. The Bronze Door, by Randolph Rogers, is 9' high, weighs 
20,000 lbs. and cost $28,000, representing events in the life of Columbus. 

Casing'. A, Asia; B, Africa; C, Europe; 

D, America 

Panels'. I. Columbus before the Conncil 
of Salamaca. II. Departure of Columbus 
for the Spanish court. III. At the court of 
Ferdinand and Isabella. IV. Departure of 
Columbus from Palos on his first voyage of 
discovery. V. Columbus landed on the 
Island of San Salvador. VI. Encounter 
with the natives. VII. Triumphal entree 
of Columbus into Barcelona. VIII. Col¬ 
umbus in chains, IX. The death-bed of 
Columbus. 

I. Alexander VI, Roderigo Lenzoli Bor¬ 
gia, Pope of Rome. 2. Pedro Gonzales de 
Mendoza, Arch-Bishop of Toledo 3. Ferd¬ 
inand, King of Spain. 4 Isabella, Queen 
of Spain. 5. Charles VIII, King of France. 

6. Lady Beatriz de Bobadilla, Marchioness 
of Moya, friend of Columbus. It is said the 
likeness is of Mrs. Rogers, wife of the 
sculptor. 7. John II, King of Portugal, 
who rejected Columbus. 8 Henry VII, 

King of Eng'and, appealed to by Bartholo¬ 
mew Columbus on behalf of his brother. 

9. Juan Perez de Marchena, prior of the 
Convent of La Rabida. 10 Martin Alonzo 
f'inzon, commander of the Pinta. 11. Her¬ 
nando Cortez, conqueror of Mexico. 12. 

Bartholomew Columbus, brother to Chris¬ 
topher. It is said that the likeness is of the 
sculptor. 13. Alonzo de Ojeda, a companion of Columbus. 14 VascoNuhez 
de Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean. 15 Amerigo Vespucci, author of 
the first account of the New World. 16. Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru. 

The head above the lower N. panel represents Washington Irving, and in 
the corresponding position, opposite, W. If. Prescott, historians. 

The tourist now finds himself within the vast Rotunda of the Capital, 96' 
in diameter and 180' from the pavement to the canopy. Over the doors are 


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IV 

2 

1 

VI 

16 

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III 

4 

3 

VII 

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0 



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II 

6 

5 

VIII 

12 

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8 

7 

IX 

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DIAGRAM OF BRONZE DOOR. 









































ROTUNDA SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS. 


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rude Alto Relievos; E. door, Landing of the Pilgrims, Caucici; W., Poca¬ 
hontas saving the life of John Smith, CaLellano; IN., Penn’s Treaty with the 
Indians, Gavelot; S., Daniel Boone. Over the panels are busts, also in Alto 
Relievo, of Columbus, Raleigh, Cabot and La Salle. 

In the eight panels are the celebrated historical paintings, as follows: 



The Landing of Columbus, 1492.—John Vanderlyn, 1842; $10,000. 


I, Columbus; 2, Martin Alonzo Pinzon; 3, Vincent Yannez Pinzon» 
4, Rodrigo des Escobedo, notary; 5, Rocri o banchez, inspector; 6, Muti¬ 
neer in a suppliant attitude; 7, Alonzo de Ojeda; 8, Cabin Boy; 9, Soldier, 
10, Sailor; 11, Friar. The Vessels are the Santa Maria, Pintaand the Nina. 



Powell, 1850; $12,000. 


I, De Soto; 2, Moorish .Servant; 3, Confessor; 4, Young Spanish Cava¬ 
lier; 5, Cannon dragged up by artillerymen; 6, Men planting the cross; 7, 
Ecclesiastic bearing a censer; 8, An aged priest blessing the cross; 9, A sol¬ 
dier dressing his wound; 10, Camp chest, with arms, helmets and other im¬ 
plements of War; II, A group ot standard bearers and helmeted men; 12, 
Two young Indian maidens; 13, Indian chiefs bearing pipes of peace. 
















































ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 


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The Baptism of Pocahontas, 1613.—J. G. Chapman, 1836; $10,000. 


I, Pocahontas; 2, John Rolfe; 3, Alexander Whiteaker; 4, Sir Thomas 
Dale, Governor; 5, bister to Pocahontas; 6, Naiiiequxus, Brother to Poca¬ 
hontas; 7, Opechancanough; 8, Opachisco, Uncle to Pocahontas; 9 Richard 
Wyffin; 10, Standard Bearer; 11, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, the first gentle¬ 
woman who arrived in the colony; 12, Henry Spilman; 13, John and Ann 
Laydon, first persons married in the country; 14, The Page. 



The Embarkation of the Pilgrims at Delft Haven, Holland, 1620. 

— Robeit W. Wier, 1840; $10,000. 


1, William Robinson, pastor; 2, Elder William Brewster; 3, Mrs, Brew¬ 
ster and sick child; 4 , Governor Carver; 5, William Bradford; 6, Mr. and 
Mrs. White; 7, Mr. and Mrs. Winslow; 8, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller; 9, Miles 
Standish and his wife Rose; 10, Mrs. Bradford, who fell overboard the day 
the vessel came to anchor; 11, Mrs. Carver and child; 12, Captain Reynolds 
andsai or; 13, Boy belonging to the Carver family; 14, Boy in charge of 
Mrs. Winslow; 15, Boy belonging to Mrs. Winslow’s family; 16, Nurse. 






























































ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 


1 3 



Signing the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.—John Trum¬ 
bull, 1817; $8,000. 

1, George Wythe, of Va.; 2, William Whipple, and 3, Josiah Bartlett, of 
N. H.; 4, Benjamin Harrison, of Va.; 5, Thomas Lynch, of S. C.; 6, Rich 
ard Henry Lee, of Va ; 7, Samuel Atams, of Mass.; 8, George Clinton, of 
N. Y.; 9, William Paca, and 10, Samuel Chase, of Md.; 11, Lewis Morris, 
and 12, William Floyd, of N. Y.; 13, Arthur Middleton, and 14, Thomas 

Heyward, of S. C.; 15, Charles Carroll, of Md.; 16, George Walton, of Ga.; 
17, Robert Morris, 18, Thomas Willing, and 19, Benjamin Rush, of Penn.; 
20, Eldridge Gerry, and 21, Robert Treat Paine, of Mass.; 22, Abraham 
Clark, of N J.; 23, Stephen Hopkins, and 24, William Ellery, of R. I.; 25, 
George Clymer, of Penn.; 26, William Hooper, and 27, Joseph Hew^es, of 
N. C.; 28, James Wilson of Penn.; 29, Francis Hopkinson. of N. J.; 30, John 
Adams, of Mass.; 31, Roger Sherman, of Conn.; 32, Robert L. Livingston, 
ofN. Y.; 33, Thomas Jefferson, of Va.; 34, Benjamin Franklin, of Penn ; 
35, Richard Stockton, of N. J ; 36, Francis Lewis, of N. Y.; 37, John With¬ 
erspoon, of N. J.; 38, Samuel Huntington, 39, William Williams, and 40, 
Oliver Wolcott, of Conn.; 41, John Hancock, of Mass.; 42, Charles Thomp¬ 
son, of Penn.; and continuing, 43, George Read, of Del.; 44, John Dickinson, 
of Penn.; 45, Edward Rutledge, of S. C.; 46, Thomas McKean, of Del.; 47, 





























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ROTUNDA PAINTINGS. 


'The 3 figures in the distance are, i, Maj. Lithgow, of Mass.; 2, Col. Cilly, 
and 3, Gen. Starke, of N. H.; and in the Key, 4, Capt. Seymour, of Conn., 
of Shelden’s Horse; 5, Maj Hull, and 6, Col. Greaton, of Mass.; 7, Maj. 
Dearborn, and 8, Col. Scammell, of N. II.; 9, Col. Lewis, of N. Y., Quar¬ 
termaster-Gen.; 10, Major-Gen. Phillips, of the British Army; 11, Lieut.- 
Gen. Bnrgoyne, Commander of the British forces; 12, Gen. Baron Reicesel, 
of the British Army (German); 13, Col. Wilkinson, Dep. Adj. Gen. of the 
American A.rmy; 14, Gen. Gates, Commander of the American forces; 15. 
Col. Prescott, of Mass. Volunteers; 16, Col. Morgan, of the Va. Riflemen; 
17, Brig.-Gen. Rufus Putnam, and 18, Lieut.-Col. I rooks, of Mass.; 19, Rev, 
Mr. Hitchcock, of R. I., Chaplain; 20, Major Robert Troup, of N. Y., Aid- 
de Camp; 21, Major Haskell, of Mass.; 22, Maj. (after Gen.) Armstrong* 
Aid-de-Camp; 23, Maj -Gen. Philip Schuyler, of N. Y.; 24, Brig.-Gen. 
Glover, of Mass.: 25, Brig. Gen. Whipple, of the N H. Militia; 26, Maj. 
Clarkson, of N. Y. Aid-de-Camp; and 27, Maj. Stevens, of Mass., command- 



'✓V & 'OV - 

The Surrender of Cornwallis, Oct. 1781.— John Trumbull, 1817; $8,000. 


The first 2 figures, I, Count Deuxponts; 2, Duke de Laval Montmorency, 
and in the Key, 3, Co mt Custine, Colonels of French Infantry; 4, Duke de 
Lauzun, Col. of French Cavalry; Gen Choizy; 6, Viscount Viomeuil; 7, 
Marquis de -t. Simon; 8, Count Ferse 1 , and 9, Count Dumas, Aid-de-Camp 
to Count Kochambeau; 10, Marquis Chastellux; 11, Baron Viomeuil*, 12, 
Count de Barre, and 13, Count de Grasse, Admirals in the French Navy; 
4, Cou t Rochambeau, Gen-in-Chief of the French forces; 15, Gen. Lincoln, 
American Army; 16, Col. Stevens, American Artillery; 17, Gen. Washing¬ 
ton, Commander-in-Chicf; 18, Thomas Nelson, Gov. of Va ; 19, Marquis 
Lafayette; 20, Baron Steuben; 21, Col. Cobb, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Wash¬ 
ington; 22,Col. Trumbull, Secretary to Washington; 23, Maj. Gen. Clinton, 
of N. Y.; 24,Gen. Gist, of Md.; 25, Gen. Wayne, of Penn ; 26, Gen. Hand, 
of Penn., Adjutant General; 27, Gen. Peter Muhlenburg, of Penn.; 28, Maj.- 
Gen. Knox, Commander of Artilery; and continuing towards the r., 29, 
Lieut.-Col, Huntingdon, acting Aid to Gen Lincoln; 30, Col. Timothy 
Pickering, Quartermaster Gen.; in the Key. 31, Col. Alexander Hamilton, 
commanding Light Infantry; 32, Col. Laurens, of S. C.; 33, Col. Walter 
Stuart, of Penn., and 34, Col. Nicholas Fish, of N. Y. 


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THE FRIEZE AND CANOPY OF THE ROTUNDA. 


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30 



General Washington Resigning His Commission at Annapolis, Mil, 
Dec. 23, 1783.—John Trumbull, 1817; $8 ooo. 


I, Thos. Mifflin, of Penn., President of C ngress; 2, Chas. Thompson, of 
Penn.; 3, Elbridge Gerry, of Mass.; 4, Hugh Williamson, of N. C.; 5 
Samuel Osgood, of Mass.; 6, E l’w McComb, of Del.; 7, Geo. Partridge, of 
Mass.; 8, Ed’w L’oyd, of Md.; 9, R. D. Spaight, of N. C ; 10, Benj. Haw¬ 
kins, of N. C.; 11, A. Foster, of N. H.; 12, Thomas Jefferson, and 13. 
Arthur Lee, of Va.; 14, Dav. Howell, of R. I.; 15, James Monroe, of Va ; 
16, Jacob Reed, of S. C., all members of Congress; 17, Jas. Madison, of 
Va., spectator; 18, William Ellery, of R. I.; 19, Jerem'ah Townley Chase, 
of Md.; 20, S. Hardy, of Va , and 21, Charles Morris, of Penn., members of 
Congress; 22, General Washington, of Va.; 23, Cols. Walker, and 24, Hum¬ 
phreys, aids-de camp; 25 and 20, Gens. Smallwood and Williams, and 27 
and 28, Cols. Smith and Howard, of Md.; 29 Charles Car-oil and two daugh¬ 
ters, of Md.; 30, Mrs. Washington and her three grand-children; and 31, 
Daniel Jenifer of St. Thomas of Md., spectators. 

On the f) iez ’, 300' in circumference and 9' high, beginning over the W, 
door of the Rotu ida, are representations in fresco in chiaro oscuro, by Bru- 
midi: I, America and Histo-y; 2, Landing of Columbus; 3, Cortez and 
Montezuma; 4, Pizarro invading Peru; 5, Burial of De Soto in the Missis¬ 
sippi River; 6, Rescue of John Smi h by Pocohontas; 7, Landing of the 
Pilgrims; 8, Penn’s Treaty. Executed by Costiggini upon the c eath of Bru- 
midi. 9, Coloniza 1 ion of New England; 10, Ogelthorpe and Muscogee 
Indians; 11, Bittleof Lexington; 12, Reading of the Declaration of Inde¬ 
pendence; 13, Surrender of Cornwallis at Vorktown; 14, Death of Tecumseh; 
15, Gen. Scott’s entree into the City of Mexico. 16, Discovery of gold in Cal¬ 
ifornia; 17, Completion of the Pacific Railroad; 18, First Centennial of Ind¬ 
ependence at Phil >. 

The Canopy, executed by Brumidi, in fresco, is 65in diameter, 180' 
from the pavement of the Rotunda, and cost $50,000. in the.centre is por¬ 
trayed Washington with Freedom on his r. and victory on his 1 . The 13 
female figures rep-esent the 13 original States. The Groups on the outer 
zone are: 1, The fall of Tyranny; 2, Agriculture; 3, Mechanics; 4, Com¬ 
merce; 5, Marine; 6, Arts and Sciences. 





























i6 


THE PRINCIPAL STORY OF THE CAPITOL, 


The Diagram will direct the visitor to the places of interest on the Princi¬ 
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Leaving the Rotunda by the W. door, the visitor 
reaches the Libraiy of Congress, open from 9. a. m. to 
4 p. m. This consists of a central Hall 91 ^ / x34 / , and 
two wings each 95 x29^' and 38' high. The Library 
now comprises 650,000 volumes and 300,000 pamph¬ 
lets, and is the largest in the U. S., and 5th in the 
world. It is fire-proof throughout. Returning to the 
Rotunda and passing through the N. door on the I., 
11 leads to the Dome. A few steps beyond is the 
Room of the Supreme Court, open to visitors. When 



the main door is not open enter by the side door, 
from io’through 19 on Diagram.. This room is 75^45 
and 45' high. On the E. is a screen of Ionic Columns 
of variagated Potomac Marble with Italian Marble 
Capitals. On consoles on the M . wall aie marble 
busts of the Chief Justices of the U. S. The Sessions 
of the Court begin on the 2d Monday in October and 
last until May. Just before 12 m. is the best time to 
visit the Court Room during the days of sessions. 

























































1 8 


DIAGRAM OF THE SUPREME COURT ROOM. 


The Diagram will show the arrangement of the Justices on the Bench, and 
he Court O hears and Counsel at the Bar. 



persons admitted to practice there. 
































































THE GRAND STAIRCASE— SENATE BRONZE DOOR. 


In the Robing Room , are portraits of Chief 
Justices Jay, Marshall, Chase and Taney. 

The Messenger will admit visitors if the room 
be not occupied. Here the Justices put on 
their robes prior to going on the Bench. Con- 
tinung to the S. corridor and thence turning 
E. to the E corridor, 28 is the Eastern Grand 
Staircase , which leads to the Ladies’, Sena- 
tors’cFamily, and Diplomatic Galleries. The 
stairbase is constructed of polished Tennessee 
Mar le. At the foot is Power’s Statue of 
Benjamin B'ranklmJ^oi Penn., cost, $10,000. 

Over the landing is Powell’s painting of 
Perry's Victory on Lake Erie in 1813, cost, 

$25,000. (See Diagram for Attic Story and 
Galeries.) Thence proceed into the Senate 
Vestibule (30). At the E. end (29) is the 
Senate Bronze Door , by Crawford, cost, $50.- 
000, representing: I. Battle of Bunker Hill 
and death of Warren, June, 1776; II. Battle 
of Monmouth, June, 1778, Rebuke of Gen. 

Lee; III. Battle of Yorktown, October, 1781, 

Hamilton’s Capture of the Redoubt; I v'. 

Washington’s welcome at Trenton, April, 

1789; V. Inauguration of Washington, first senate bronze door. 




THE SENATE CHAMBER, 










































































































































20 


THE MARBLE ROOM-SENATE CHAMBER. 


President, in N. Y. City, April 30, 1789. John Adams, Vice-President, 
stands on his r.; Chancellor Livingston administers the oath, and Mr. Otis, 
Secretary of the Senate, holds the Bible. The remaining figures are Alex¬ 
ander Hamilton, Gens. Knox and St. Clair, Roger Sherman and Baron 
Steuben; VI. Laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol, Sept. 18, 1793. 
On the N. side of the vestibule is the Senate Ccm. on the District of Colum¬ 
bia, (32,) beautifully frescoed by Brumidi. Visitors can enter. Next proceed 
to 34, Senator’s Ante-Room, a rich apartment, and 33, Sergeant-at-Arm’s 
Room, also attracts ely finished. 

Should the Senate be in session visitors cannot pass the door at No. 35 
without permission from a Senator. It would be proper to send a card to a 
Senatorial acquaintance asking this permission. He will send a page to con¬ 
duct his friends to the Bronze Stairs, (35,) cost $5,000. There are four of 
these in the building. Thence to the Vice-President's Room, (36.) Here is 
Rembrandt Peale’s Painting of Washington, and marble busts of Pres. pro. 
temp. Foster, of Conn., and Vice-President Wilson, who died in this room. 
The messenger at the door can admit visitors. 

Having now entered the Senate Lobby, on the r. pass into the Marble, or 
Senator’s Reception Room, (40,) and on the 1 ., when the Senate is not in 
session, pass upon the floor of the Senate. 

The Senate Chamber (visitors admitted on the floor when the Senate is notin 
session) is 113X x 8 oJ^' and 36' high. The Cloak Rooms on the 
outer sides reduce the floor to* 83^51'. The galleries are over the cloak 
Rooms and will seat 1200 persons. (See Diagram of attic story and galleries 
for location of galleries, and of the Chamber for seats of Senators and officers ) 
The ceiling is of iron and the room is lighted from the loft above. 

By Senate resolution, 1886, authority was given to have made and placed in 
the niches in the galleries marble busts of those who have been Vice-Pres - 
dents. They are now in the hands of the sculptors, and are placed in position 
as rapidly as finished. 

Returning to the lobby, continue W. to the President's Room, (41.) This 
is one of the finest rooms in the building. Admission may be had, should 
the door be locked, through the messenger in the corridor near by. If the 
door be unlocked, enter. Whenever the President visits the Capitol he oc¬ 
cupies this apartment and sends, by a page, for those whom he wishes to see. 
The medallions represent Washington and his first Cabinet. The ceiling is 
also richly frescoed, and the^ walL finished in gilt. Opposite the entrance 
the Bronze Staircase (35) is similar to that E. of the lobby. Take the W T . 
corridor to the West Grand Staircase, of American White Marble, a very 
beautiful piece of work. At the foot is Stone’s heroic Statue of John Han¬ 
cock, cost, $5,500, and over the first" landing, Walker’s painting of'the 
Storming of Chopultepcc, Mexico, Sept. ‘13, 1847, cost, $6,000. The Ameri¬ 
can Army is commanded by Gen. Scott, and pursuing the fleeing Mexicans 
into the City of Mexico. 



SENATE WING, ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES 


21 



a a e a s s s 
Is aej.sj is 


At this point the visi¬ 
tor should ascend to the 
attic story and galleries. 
The Diagrams will indi¬ 
cate points of interest 
on this fl. The Senate 
^ assembles at 12 in. The 
! J best time to visit the 
Senate galleries during 
the sessions is just be¬ 
fore that hour. The 
general debates usually 
commence after the 
“morning hour,” about 
1.30 p. m. 

Main Building. —2. 
Store Rooms Congress¬ 
ional Library. 3. Stairs 

THE CAPITOL ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. .RoomTsen.'DM. 

Room. 7, 8. Senate Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Con¬ 
gressional Library. 6. The Lbrary of the Sen. 30,000 volumes. 9, II, 12, 
13. Sen. Doc Rooms. 10 Sen. Com. Nicaraguan Claims. 

Senate Wing. —14. E. Grand (Marble) Staircase, and Powell’s Painting 
of Perry’s Victory on Lake Erie, 1813, and Heaton’s Recall of Columbus. 
16. S. Corridor. 

Galleries. —15, 17. Ladies’ Gallery. 18. Diplomatic Gallery. 19. 
Gentlemen’s Gallery. 20. Press Reporters’ Gallery. 21. Ladies’ Gallery 
and Reserved Gallery. 22. Ladies’ Retiring-Room. 23. Hall, containing 
Moran’s Paintings of the Canon of the Yellowstone, and Chasm of the Col¬ 
orado, cost, $10,000 each, and portraits of Webster, Clay and Calhoun. 24. 
Ante room to Ladies’ Gallery, and paintings of “The First Fight of the 
Ironclads,” and The Electoral Tribunal of 1877, and portraits of G?en. Dix 
and Senator Sumner. 

25 Sen. Com. on Private Land Claims. 26. Sen. Com. on Claims. 27 
Sen. Conference Room. 28. E. Corridor. 29, 30. Sen. Com on Printing. 
31 W. Corridor. 32. W. Grand (Marble) Staircase, and Walker’s Painting 
Storming of Chapultepec and Charles Wilson Peales’ Washington, 1779. 
33, 34 Sen. Com. on Public Buildings and Grounds. 35. Stairs Illuminating 
Loft. 36. Sen. Com. on Transportation. 37. Sen. Com. on Railroads. 38. 
Sen. Com. on Privileges and Elections. 39. Elevator for Senators. 40. 
Sen Com. on Commerce. 41. Sen. Com. on Engrossed Bills. 42. Press 
Telegraph Office. 43 Press Reporters’ Retiring-Room. 

The visitor having viewed the points of interest on the Attic Floor of the 
Senate wing, and having passed some time in the Senate Galleries, the Sen¬ 
ate being in session, should now return to the corridor and proceed thence to 
the Elevator at No. 39 or 28 same fl., and descend by that means or by the 
Staircases, 14 or 32, to the Base?nent Story and see the frescoes and other 
features of interest in this portion of the Capitol. The visitor may enter any 
of the Committee Rooms found unlocked or open, for the purpose of exam- 





































22 


THE CAPITOL, B \SEMENT STORY. 


ining the the frescoes. When locked, inquiry from the messenger on the 
floor may gain them admission. 

Objects of Interest in the Capitol Basement— Senate Wing .— 
The walls and groined ceilings of the corridors are frescoed, representing 
events and personages in American history, and representations of the fauna 
and flora of the U. S. 

The Room of the Sen. Com. on Indian Affairs is beautifully frescoed. The 
Stairs on the W. Corridor lead to the Sub-Basement and Senate Heating and 
Ventilating Apparatus. The machinery here is very interesting and should 
be visited. The Sen. Com. on Library is appropriately frescoed. The Room 
of the Sen. Com. on Military Affairs has the finest Frescoes, representing 
the Boston Massacre; Battle of Lexington; Death of Wooster; Washington 
at Valley Forge, and Capture of Stony Point. The Room on Naval Affairs 
is elaborately frescoed, representing Marine Dieties, &c 

The Room on Foreign Relations is also frescoed. 

The Restaurant is open to the public. 

The Main Building. — JV. of the Cript —Contains the Senate daths. The 
Law Library, containing nearly 100,000 volumes, and largest in the U. S. 
The Crypt, formed of 40 Doric Columns. The Star in the pavement is the 
centre of the Capitol, and formerly the m ridian of the U. S. Beneath is the 
Undercroft or Vault in which it was proposed to place the remains of Wash 
ington. The Crypt has been reduced in size by temporary rooms walled oft 
for the Congressional Library. Upon it rests the superstructure of the dome. 
The steps lead to Sub-Basement and Undercroft. 

S. of the Crypt. —Contains nothing of special interest. 

The House Wing. —The Main Corridor to S. Entrance, i45 / x25', con¬ 
sists of a fine marble colonade. The Restaurant is open to the public. The 
H. Com. on Indian Affairs, contains a collection of Paintings of Indian Life. 
The Room of the H. Com. on Agriculture is appropriately Frescoed. The 
Steps lead to Sub-Basement, Heating and Ventilating Apparatus. 

Having finished on the basement story visitors should first ascend by the 
elevators near 59 and 65 to the House Attic Story and Galleries. 

House V ing, Attic 
Story. -1. Store-Room 
Congressional Library. 

44, 46. Store-Room H. 

Library. 45. House 
Document Room. 

47. E. Grand (Marble) 

Staircase, and Carpen¬ 
ters Painting of the sign¬ 
ing of the Proclamation 
of Emancipation, Sept. 

22,1862, presented to the 
U.S by Mary E.Thomp¬ 
son, and portrait of 
Henry Clay, by John 
N eagle, 1843. 49. Li¬ 

brary of the House, 

120,000 volumes of Pub¬ 
lic Docs. THE house wing, attic story and galleries. 
















































HOUSE WING, ATTIC STORY AND GALLERIES. 


2 3 


Galleries. —50. Ladies’ and Private Galleries. 51. Private and Represent 
tatives’ Family Galleries. 52. Diplomatic Gallery. 53. Press Reporters 
Gallery. 54. Private Gallery for Ladies. 55. Gentlemen’s Gallery. 

56. H. Com. on Foreign Affairs. 57. H. Com on the Judiciary. 58. H. 
Com on Commerce. 59. Id. Com. on Public Lands. 60, 61. Laiies ’ 
Retiring Room ; a Matron is in attendance. 62. Press Reporters’ Writing- 
Room. 63. Press Telegraph Office. 64. Ante-room. 65 H. Com. on 
Pacific Railroads and Pensions. 66. H. Com. on Elections. 67. H. Com. 
on Railw ays, Canals and Patents. 68. H. Com. on the District of Columbia. 
69. 70. H. Com on Banking and Currency. 71. W. Grand (Marble) Stair¬ 
case, and Leutze’s Chromo Silica, Westward Ho. Portrait Chief Justice 
John Marshall, R. Brooks, 1880. 



THE HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

From this floor the visitor should enter the Galleries if the IIou e of Re¬ 
presentatives be in session, (hour of meeting, 12 m.,) and pass a few moments 
in following the debates. 

From the Attic Story the visitor should descend at once to the Principal 
Story, and thence proceed to the Lobby, 70, S. of the Hall of Representa¬ 
tives , (see Diagram, page 16, for references.) The Lobby and Hallmny be 
entered by visitors except when the House of Representatives is in session. 
It is therefore, desirable to reach this portion of the building before 12 m., 
during sessions of Congress. In the Lobby is a gallery of Pictures of the 
Speakers of the Housse of Representatives. Th e Representatives’ Retiring 























































































































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THE HOUSE WING, PRINCIPAL STORY. 


Rooms, 76-78, S. of the Lobby, form a fine suite of apartments. N. of the 
Lobby is the Hall of Representatives, (71,) 139 x93' and 36' high. The 
“floor” is ii5 / x 67 / and contains Desks for 325 Representatives and 8 
Delegates. The Cloak and Retiring Rooms open off the Hall. The Gal¬ 
leries over them will seat 2500 persons. The Hall is lighted, both by day 
and night from the ceiling, which consists of panels formed of iron girders 
set with ground-glass, decorated with appropriate centre pieces. On the r. 
of the Chair is the pedestal which supports The Mace, the insignia of authority 
of the House, which is placed there by the Sergeant-at-Arms or his represen¬ 
tative when the House is called to order. On the E. of the Chair is Vander- 
lyn’s full-length Portrait of President Washington, and on the W., Ary 
Scheffer’s Portrait of Marquis de Lafayette, presented to Congress by the 
artist in 1824. In the panels E. and W. of the doors of the Lobby, are 
Bierstadts’ paintings representing the Settlement of California, and The Dis¬ 
covery of the Hudson River, and in the W panel a fresco of Washington de¬ 
manding the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va ,1781.” At tie foot 
of the E. Grand Staircase, E. of the Hall, is Power’s Statue of Jefferson, 
cost, $10,000. Over the landing is Carpenter’s painting of the Signing of the 
Proclamation of Emancipation, by President Lincoln, in the presence of his 
Cabinet, Sept. 22, 1863, presented to Congress by Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, 
W. of the Hall is the W. Grand Staircase, at the foot of which is Vincenti’s 
bronze bust of Bee-She-Kec, a Chippewa Warrior. Over the landing is 
Leutze’s Ckromo Silica, Westward Ho, cost, $20,000. The Golden Gate, 
Harbor of San Francisco, beneath, is by Bierstadt. 

The Room of the Com. on Ways and Means (67) is richly frescoed. In 
he room of the Com. on Military Affairs (63) is Lieut.-Col. Eastman’s collec- 
ion of paintings of the principal Forts of the U. S. The rest of the apart-* 
rrents in this part of the building are without special interest. 

Leaving the House wing, the connecting corridor, (59,) opposite the mam 
door of the House, leads to the National Statuary Hall, (58.) This mag¬ 
nificent apartment, before the extension of the Capitol, was occupied by the 
House of Representatives. It consists of a semi circle of 96' chord, and 57' 
high. In 1864 Congress invited each State to furnish, not exceeding two, 
marble or bronze statues of its deceased citizens, illustrious for distinguished 
civil, or military service, and designated this Hall to receive them. The Statues, 
in marble, except where otherwise stated, received in the order of their pres¬ 
entation to Congress, and no v placed in position are: 

Rhode Island. — Roger Williams, promoter of Civil and Religious Lib¬ 
erty in America, by Simmons, and Gen. Nathaniel Greene, of the Continental 
Army, by Brown. Connecticut. — Jonathan Trumbull, a Patriot of the 
Revolution, and from whom the term “Brother Jonathan” orignated, and 
Roger Sherman, one of the Committee to Draft the Declaration of Independ¬ 
ence, both by Ives. New York. — George Clinton, Signer of the Declaration 
of Independence, and Vice-President of the U. S., by Brown, and Robert R. 
Livingston, Chancellor, who administered the oath to President Washington 
1789, by Palmer, both bronze. 

Massachusetts. — John Winthrop, first Governor of Massachusetts, 1630, 
b^ ^ S.Greenough, and Samuel Adams, an early advocate of American 
L erty, by Miss Whitney. Vermont. — Ethan Allen, Captor of Fort Tic- 
onderoga “in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress,” 
by Mead, and Jacob Collamer, a Senator, by Powers. Maine. — William 
King, first Governor of Maine, 1820, by Simmons. Pennsylvania. — Rob. 
ert Fulton , inventor and pioneer in Steam as a motive power for navigation- 



THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL 


25 


by Roberts, and Gen. Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg , of the Continental Army, 
by Miss Nevin. Ohio. —James A. Garfield, President of the U. S., 1881, 
and William Allen, U. S. Senator, 1837-49, and Governor of Ohio, 1874-6, 
both by Niehaus. New Jersey. —Richard Stockton, Signer of the Declara¬ 
tion of Independence, 1776, and Philip Kearney, Union General, killed at 
Chantilly, Va., 1862, latter bronze, both by H. K. Brown. Michigan — 
Lei''i r Cass, Senator and Secretary of State, by D. C. French. 



THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL. 


\mong the other Statues in the Hall are Thomas Jejferson, Author of the 
Declaration of Independence, by P. T. David D’Angers. Alexander Hamil¬ 
ton, first Secretary of the Treasury, Horatio Stone, and Abraham Lincoln, 
by Miss Vinnie Ream. Over the N. door is Franzoni’s Clock, representing 
the Car of Time. In the floor, near the S. W. corner, is a small brass plate 
marking the spot where John Q. Adams fell, Feb’y 21, 1848, two days before 



STORV’S MARSHALL, NAVAL MONUMENT, 





































































































26 STATUES OF MARSHALL AND GARFIELD—THE BOTANIC GARDEN. 



he died. In the room N. E., part of the same hall, is a maible bust com¬ 
memorating his death, which occured there. 

The hall also presents some very remarkable acoustic phenomena, which 
will be explained by persons near by, familiar with the hall. 

From the Statuary Hall pass into the Rotunda, and leave the building by 
the W. door and steps. At this point the marble 

Grand Stairway and Architectural Terrace may be examined, the Stair¬ 
way consisting of a 
double flight of steps, 
44' and 48' wide as¬ 
cending 40' in 120' 
from top to bottom, 
and the Terrace 884' 
longin frontand304' 
long on the sides, or 
total length 1,492', 
6o' wide and 28' 
clea r height. Total 
cost,$815,000; built, 
1880-90. 

At the foot of the 
terrace is Story’s 
heroic bronze statue 
of John Marshall, 
Chief lustice of the 
U S., i8oi-’35, 
erected in 1884, by 
the Congress and 
the Bar of the United 
States. Cost of Statue 
and Pedestal, $40,- 
000. The bassi re- 
lievi represent Min¬ 
erva dictating the 
Constitution to 
America, and Com¬ 
merce and Education 
bringing forward a 
young boy, Agricul¬ 
ture, in one panel, 
and Victory bringing 
forward America to 
swear allegiance on 
the altar of the 
Union, in the other. 
The tourist will 
, now take either of 

WARD’S GARFIELD. the broad walks to 

the Botanic Garden. Passing the Naval Monument, or Monument of 
Peace, by Franklin Simmons, at the Pennsylvania Ave. entrance to the 
Park. It was designed by Admiral Porter, U. S. N., executed in Marble, 


erected in 1877, cost $21,000. It was paid for from subscriptions by the 






























THE NATIONAL LIBRARY. 


27 


Officers of the Admiral’s fleet after the fall of Fort Fisher, and Secretary ot 
the Navy, Borie, and others. It is 44' high; represents History recording 
the woes narrated by America. On the W. plinth Victory is crowning Nep¬ 
tune and Mars, and on the E. Peace offers the olive branch Congress ap¬ 
propriated $20,000 for the foundation and basin, and the 1 tter statues. 

In front of the Conservatories of the Botanic Gardens is the Bartholdi 
Fountain, 30' high with 9 outlets and an illuminating apparatus of 12 lamps 
ignited by electricity, thus giving the effect of light and water. Cost, $6,000. 

The numbers on Map P. 8 indicate the places of interest in the Garden, 
as follows: I. Rotunda of Conservatory, temperature 8o° Fahr, containing 
varieties of Palms. 2. E. wing, temperature 40 0 and Range 50°. Plants of 
the South Sea Islands, South Africa, and Australia. 3. W. wing and Range, 
same temperature as E., Plants of China, Japan, East and West Indies, and 
Mexico. 4. Office of Superintendent. 5, 6. Propagating Houses. 7. 
Residence of Superintendent. 8. Packing Propagating Houses. 

At the Maryland Ave. entrance to the Capitol Park stands the bronze statue 
of James A. Garfield, President of the U. S., by John Q. A. Ward; total 
height, 18'. The recumbent figures represent the Student, Warrior and 
Statesman. Erected by his comrades of the Army of the Cumberland, 1887. 
Host of statue, $33,500; pedestal by Congress with figures, $31,500. 



THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING. 

The magnificent structure authorized by Congress for the accommodation 
of the National collection of books occupies the center of a site of ioj£ acres, 
between 1 and 2 Sts. E. and Ea t Capitol and B. St. S., or 900' East of the 
House Wing of the Capitol, purchased, 1887, for $585,000. The Main front 
is towards the Capitol, and the rear centers on A St. South. The ground 
plan from N. to S. is 470', and from E. to W. 365". It covers nearly four 
acres, and has around it an esplanade aggregating six acres. The building 
will be of granite and marble, and consist of a cellar and basement and two 
stories, aggregating 69' above the ground. It is in the style of the Italian 
rennaissance, designed by J. L. Smithmeypr, Thp main vestibule and stair 













































28 


THE EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENTS. 


hall will be the finest in the world. The Reading room in the central rotunda 
will be ioo' in diameter and 90’ high, and will open into the book repositories 
radiating from the center and of which there will be nine stories within for 
books. The inner rooms will accommodate 2,500,000 and the outer 5,500,000 
books. Cost of the modified design, $6,000,000. 


THE EXECUTIVE MANSION AND VICINITY. 









































































































































































THE EXECUTIVE MANSION 


2 9 


THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 


The official residence of the President of the United States is variously 
styled The “ President’s House, ” The “ White House, ” and its proper des¬ 
ignation, as above. It may be reached by Horse Cars from every part of the 



THE EXECUTIVE MAN SION — NORTH FRONT. 


City. The Mansion is open on week-days, unless a State Ceremony be 
pending, from io A. M. to 2 P. M. The East Room is open to the public. The 
Recettion Parlors are open only by specia permission. Persons desiring “to 



EXECUTIVE MANSION—SOUTH FRONT. 

































































































30 


THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 


pay respects” to the President will inquire of the ushers at the main door a 
to hours. The wife of the President, at her convenience, is at home to 
friends or persons properly introduced at stated hours on stated days. 

The Executive Mansion, of the Ionic order, is 170'x&6', two stories high, 
built of Aquia Creek (Potomac) free stone, painted white. It was the first 
public building commenced in the city, in 1792, immediately after the plan 
was plotted on the ground. The Conservatories (No. 1 on the map) adjoin 
the building on the W. The total cost, including repairs in 1815-T8 to date, 
was $1,640,000. 

The official part of the building is on the East. The West half is private. 
(See directions on previous page.) 

The Diagrams will locate and designate the apartments in the building. 



m m 

First Floor , Executive Mansion. 

First Floor. —I. Main Entrance and Vestibule. 2. Official Stairway. 3. 
The East Room. This is the promenade hall during entertainments. 
It is 8o'x4o' and 22' high, decorated in Greek style, and during evening 
receptions presents a fine appearance. There are portraits of Gen. Wash¬ 
ington, a Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. Also of 
Mrs. Washington. The dress is of the time, made in Paris for a lady of 
wealth, to be worn at the Martha Washington Centennial tea-party at Phila¬ 
delphia, in the year 1876. 4. Green Room, containing portraits of Mrs. 

Tyler, Mrs. Polk, and Mrs. Hayes, the wives of former Presidents. 5. 
Blue Room where the President or his lady receives on ceremonial or 
social occasions. 6. Red Room, the private or family parlor; Presidents 
John Adams, VanBuren, TajTlor. 7. State Dining Room. 8. Passage-way 
to the Conservatories. 9. Butler’s Pantry. 10. Private or Family Dining 
Room. II. Private Stairway. 12. Waiting Room for social callers. 13. 
Elevator. i4.j_Grand Corridor. Here may be seen an interesting gallery of 
portraitsof the Presidents. 
















THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 


3 1 


Tne following Diagram of the second floor exhibits the arrangement of the 
official and family apartments. 



Second Floor, Executive Mansion. 


Second Floor .—The second floor is arranged: I. Official Stairway. 2. 
Ante-room to President’s Office. Here persons having business or an ap¬ 
pointment with the President should enter, hand their cards to the person in 
charge and be seated. If they can be received they will be informed of the 
fact and receive the necessary directions from the usher. 3. Cabinet Room. 
Here the Cabinet meets at 12 a. m. on Cabinet days. 4. President’s Office. 
5. Private Secretary’s Office. 6. Corridor. 7. Office. 8. Office. 9.—10. 
Chambers. 11. Blue or State Bed Chamber. 12. Elevator and Bath Room. 
13. State Bed Chamber 14. Boudoir. 15. Private Corridor. 16 and 17. 
Suite of Lady of the Mansion; the latter was occupied by President Garfield 
during his surgical treatment after his assassination. 18. President’s Bed 
Chamber. 19. Library. There are here some fine portraits of Presidents 
and 5,000 volumes. 

The Conseivatories are open during Receptions or “Drawing Rooms.” 
The Executive Mansion is now entirely inadequate to the demands of the 
social and official surroundings of the President. It is proposed to enlarge 
this building for an Executive Office, and Executive Residence and to add a 
grand conservatory and hall of paintings and statuary. 













3 2 


DEPARTMENT OF STATE 


PUBLIC BUILDINGS, 

AND 

OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST 


The Department of State occupies the S. wing of the immense struc¬ 
ture W. of the Executive Mansion. Open week-days except Diplomatic day, 
or designated by the Secretary, from 9 A. M to 2 P‘ M. 



STATE, WAR AND NAVY BUILDING. 

This mighty pile of granite, iron and slate, designed by A. B. Mullett, Su¬ 
pervising Architect ot the Treasury, consists of four harmonious buildings 
united by connecting wings which together constitute the finest edifice of the 
kind in the world. It is 567' from N. to S., 342' from E. to W., and 145' 
high. It was erected 1871-87, covers 4 y 2 acres, contains 566 rooms, 2 miles 
of corridors, and cost $10,700,000. 

Objecis of Interest. —From the entrance proceed along the corridor to 
the Elevator and request to be taken to the Library, which is on the 3d fl. 
Here may be seen Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of 
Independence, the desk upon which it was written, and the original engrossed 
and signed copy; a case of historic relics, including Washington’s war sword 
and other objects of interest. The volumes number 50,000. 

From the Library descend to the floor below to visit the Diplomatic Re- 
CEPiiON Room (Nos. 4 and 6,) which may be seen by inquiring of the mes 
senger on the corridor. This apartment is richly finished and furnished, and 
contains portraits of Secretaries Jefferson, Webster, Reward, Washburn, 
Fish, Evarts, Blaine and Frelinghuysen. and Lord Ashburton. Leaving this 
room, visit the Diplomatic Anie Room at the W. end of the corridor. Per¬ 
sons desning to see the office of the Secretary of State should make the fact 
known to the messenger at the door, and if not occupied he is at liberty to 
open the room. In the ante-room at the E. end of the coriidor is a gallery 
of all the Secretaries of State from 1789 to date. 






































DEPARTMENTS OF WAR AND NAVY. 


33 


From the ante-room the tourist should pass into the corridor of the E. 
wing of the building occupied by the Department of the Navy. The 
office of the Secretary of the Navy (Nos. 97 and 98,) is on the E. side, op¬ 
posite the cential staircases, which should be examined as they are beautiful 
features of the building. They extend from the basement to the attic. The 
balusters, 1106 in number, are of bronze, and the hand-rail of Central Amer¬ 
ican Mahogany. The office of the Secretary may be viewed, if not occupied, 
bv speaking to the messenger at the door. This room is beautifully finished, 
and contains some fine portraits of the later Secretaries. In the corridor op¬ 
posite the main door are superb models of mofern war ships of the Navy. 

From the Secretary’s office return to the elivator and ask to be taken to the 
Library, which is on the fourth floor. The entrance is a few steps N. of 
the elevator landing. This is the finest room in this wing. The walls are 
paneled in foreign and domestic marbles. In the four corrers of the room 
are massive bronze symbolic figures combined with chandaliers. A gallery 
divides the hall into two stories, and over head is an artistically designed 
ceiling of iron and glass. The books are kept on shelves in the alcoves, and 

number 20,000. After 
returning to the corridor 
the skylight over the 
grand stairway should 
be examined. From the 
roof of the building at 
this point a fine view of 
the city may be had. 
The key may be ob¬ 
tained at the office of the 
Supt. of the Building. 

The other floors of 
this wing are occupied 
by the administrative 
Bureaus of the Depart¬ 
ment. 

From the Library ot 
the Navy Department, 
at the W. end of the 
central corridor is an in¬ 
teresting collection of 
wax figures illustrating 
Continental and modern 
uniforms of the U. S. A. ; thence descend to 2d floor, where will be found 
the magnificent suite of apartments of the 'ecntary of War. In these rooms 
and adjacent corridors and stairways may be seen a collection of portraits of 
the Secretaries of War and of distinguished generals. Admission maybe 
obtained at the Secretary’s door. 

P'rom this floor descend to the floor below to the Headquarters of the Army, 
in the N. wing, E. end of corridor. By permission of an aide, (Nos. 36 or 
37,) visitors may view the rooms. 

The elevators, about the center of the West corridor, lead to the depart¬ 
ment floors. 



corcoran gallery of art. (See p. 34. 







































34 


CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. 


The objects of interest are the suite of apartments of the Secretary of War 
on the second floor opposite the central corridor, richly furnished in the latest 
style of decorative art, and containing a gallery of paintings of the Secretaries. 

The main staircases and the domed corridor and Department Library con¬ 
taining 20,000 vols, on the fifth floor, richly finished in bronze iron, are in¬ 
teresting. The rest of this wing is also elaborately finished. 

Returning to 17th st. and crossing Pa. Ave. to the N. E cor., we reach the 
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Erected by W. W. Corcoran in 1859, cost 
$250,000, used by the Government 1861-’9. In the latter year deeded to 
trustees. The endowment fund is $1,000,000. On the Pa Ave. front are 4 
niches containing marble statues, by M. Ezekiel, representing, beginning at 
the E., Durer (engraving), Raphael (painting), Phidias (sculpture), and 
Angelo (architecture). In the 7 niches on 17th st. are statutes < f the great 
masters of painting and sculpture by the same sculptor, beginning on the S., 
Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Crawford, Canova Murillo and Da Vinci. The 
main entrance is on Pa. Ave. The two bronze lions are copies of Canova’s, 
at the tomb of Pope Clement XIIT, Rome. The gallery is open Mondays, 
Wednesdays and Fridays, admission 25c ; and Tuesdays, Thursdays, and 
Saturdays, free. Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 p. m from October to May; and 
9 a m. to 4 p. m. from May to October. 


I 1AOKAM of FLOORS, CORCORAN GALLERY. 



First Floor .—I Vestibule containing Bas Reliefs BuTs of Roman and 
Greek celebrites, last days of Napoleon and other objects. 

II. Trustees’ Room. III. Hall of Bronzes and Ceramics. IV. Hall of 
Antique Sculpture. V. Hall of Modern Sculpture. VI. Gallery of the 
Renaissance. VII. Ladies’ Retiring Room. VIII. Janitor’s Room. 

Second Floor .—Hall and Stairway.—Statuary. X. Main Picture Gallery 
containing the main collection. XI. East Gallery—American Portraits. 
XII. Southeast Gallery—Statuary and Paintings. XIII. Octagon Room— 
Here is Power’s Greek Slave (original). XIV. Southwest Gallery—Paint¬ 
ings. XV. West Gallery—Paintings. 




























































LAFAYETTE SQUARE AND STATUE. 


35 



Fro n the Corcoran Gallery of Art 
a few minutes’ walk E. will bring the 
tourist fo Lafayette Park, in 
the center of which is Clark Mills’ 
Bronze Statue of An dr w Jackson, 
unveiled in 1853, cost $50,000. The 
church on the N. of the Pk., n. e. 
cor. 16th and H sts., n. w., is St. 
John’s, P. E., one of the historic 
ecclesiastical structures of the city. 
Among its members were Presidents 
Madison, Jackson, and Arthur, and 
other distinguished personages. 

On Pennsylvania Avenue, in the 
south east angle of this park, nearly 


opposite the Executive Mansion, 
is the statue of Lafayette and 
his compatriots, Count de Ro- 
chambeau and Chevalier Du- 
portail of the French army, and 
Counts D’Estaing and DeGrasse, 
of the Fr<nch Navy, serving as 
allies in the closing years of the 
War for Indepedence, ordered by 
Congress 1884, cost $50,000, ex¬ 
ecuted by the Freich sculptors 
Antoine Falquiere and Antorin 
Mercie, erected 1890 The total 
height from sub-base to top of 
surmounting statue is 45'. The 
figure of Lafayette in Continental 
uniform is io', and the subordi¬ 
nate figures 9' high. The heroic 
figure in front represents America 
offering the sw r ord of liberty to 
Lafayette and pointing to the in¬ 
scription. On the back of the 
pedestal are allegorical figures 
and the inscription. Propriety 
has fixed as the site Lafayette 
Park, north of the Executive 
Mansion, a name suggested by 
Washington and Jefferson when 
the city was laid out. 

On Pennsylvania Ave., N. side,, 
opposite the Treasury building is 
the Department of Justice. -■ 
This building, erected by the 


FALGUIERE—MERCIE’S LAFAYETTE. 


MILLS’ JACKSON. 





















3 6 


DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 



Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Co., was purchased by the U. S. in 1882, for 
$250,000. It is of Potomac ^eneca stone, 4 stories high. 

The Department, open from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m., occupies the second and 
upper stories. The Entrance is at the W. end of the S. front.' The Eleva¬ 
tor may be reached by the temporary passage W. of the main entrance. The 
suite of apartments ~>ccupied by the Attorney- Genera /is tastefully furnished and 
contain a Gallery of Portraits of the Attorneys-General of the U. S. from the 
foundation of the Government. Permission to view these may be obtained 
through the messenger at the Attorney-General’s office. The Library , 20,000 
vols., is on the 4th floor. 

Returning to the Ave. 
the rooms of the Court 
of Claims, open from 
9 a. m. to 4 p. m., may 
be entered at door No. 

1509. There is a fine 
Court Room reached 
through the bailiff’s 
room. Sessions of the 
Court are held from the 
first Monday in Dec. to 
May or June. 

From the building of 
the Dep. of Justice the 
tourist should recross Pa 
Av. and enter theTREAS- 
ury BuiLD’G,open from 
9 a. m. to 2 p. m., by 
the N. entrance. This 
immense edifice,consist¬ 
ing of a basement, two 
stories and attic, occu¬ 
pies a paralellogram 
5 io / x28r including por¬ 
ticoes. The E. fa9ade 
in cl udingthe colonnade, 
or the original portions 
of the building, erected 
i 836-’43, is of Virginia 
free-stone, and the re¬ 
maining facades erected 
1855~’69, are of Maine 
granite. The Colonnade ^ 

on the E. consists of 30 Ihk Department of Just ice. 

Ionic columns. The columns in other portions of the building are granite and 
monolithic, 31 yf high. The building cost $6,000,000 

After entering the building the first point of interest is the*U. S. Treasury 
or Cash Room on the N. corridor of the main floor. This is a fine room ex¬ 
tending through two stories, with a bronze balustrade, and panelled in foreign 
and domestic marbles. In this room all cash disbursements or payment of 
drafts on the 1 reasury are made. There is a cash vault for current moneys 















































































































DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, 


37 


of the U. S. containing from $40,000,000 at a time, at the E. end of the 
room; and one overhead. A permit may be obtained, from II a. m. to 12 
m., from the U. S. Treasurer, E. end of the corridor, to visit the vaults. Also 
the Redemption Division in the basement. Here may be seen the counting, 
by ladies, of notes sent to the Treasury for redemption, and the cancellation 
and destruction of the same. While in these apartments the Silver vaults 
of the Treasury will be shown. The two silver and god vaults (closed) with 
a capacity for 80 and 132 million silver dollars, are in the sub-basement and 
under the Northern Court. 

From the Redemption Div sion proceed to the W. corridor near the S. end 
of which is the Office of ike Sufeiv/siny Architect of the Treasury. Here may 
be seen highly executed drawings of elevations and plans of the Public Build¬ 
ings erected by the U. S , peculiarly interesting to architects and civil engin¬ 
eers. Take the Elevator, S. E. corner to the Secretary’s (2d) floor 



DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. 


This suite of apartments is in the s. e. cor. of the building. In the adjacent 
S. corridor, and in the offices of the Secretary (3), and Assistants (7 and 9), 
and Chief Clerk (5), are the Portraits of the Secretaries of the Treasury. 
The messenger can arrange to view this gallery. On the W. corridor 3d floor 
above (Room. 35) are the quarters of the Secret Service Division of the 
Treasury, in which may be seen an interesting collection of implements 
used by counterfeiters, and photographs, or a “Rogues Gallery” of noted 
characters in this line. The Treasury Library, 20,000 vols., may be reached 
by the stairway from this floor in the n w. cor. of the attic story. The 
Librarian will explain the features of interest. Returning to the 3d fl. take 
the E. corridor to the S. end, and thence by the Elevator descend to the 1st 
fl , thence take the S. corridor to the S. main entrance and portico. 

The small Germanized-Swiss building directly S. is the Photograph 
Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, open to specialists or 
others interested, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Enter by the E. door in the N. 
front and ascend to the operating room on the 2d floor. Here may be seen 
the printing of working plans of public buildings being erected by the U. S. 

After leaving this building proceed to 15th St. and Pa. Ave. Immediately 




























































38 


MONUMENT PARK AND THE MALL. 



S. on 15th St. is the Grand Opera House and Armory of the Washington 
Light Infantry, erected in 1884. 

At this point the tourist has a choice of routes, one directly to the Capitol 
by street car, via Pa. Ave., and the other by a detour to the U. S. Fish 
Ponds, Washington Obelisk, and points along The Mall, including the Pro¬ 
pagating Garden, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of Agri¬ 
culture, Industrial Hall, Henry Statue, Smithsonian Institution, National 
Museum, Medical Museum, and Central Station U. S. Fish Commission. 
It must be made afoot or in a conveyance. 

After leaving the Treasury Building and Photograph Office, and reaching 
15th St., the tourist should proceed S. entering the President's Grounds, op¬ 
posite the Grand Opera House and Washington Light Infantry Armory. 


BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, (SEE PAGE 42.) 

1 he park S. of private park of the Executive Mansion to the monument 
grounds is Grand Army P.'ace , dedicated bv a great military pageant Sept., 
1892, during the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
when 100,000 soldiers of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-5, and 300,000 
spectators were gathered at the National Capital. There is an excellent 
view of the S. front of the Executive Mansion and grounds. On the lawn, 
during the Summer season, on Saturdays, from May to October the U. S 
Mar.ne Band performs for the public from 5.30 to 7.30 p. m. A few steps 
S. on the W. is the entrance to the U. S. Fish Ponds, open from8 a. m. to 
4 p. m. The W.. N. and S. Ponds are devoted to the propagation of Carp, 
and the smaller Ponds to ornamental fish. There is also a Turtle Pond. 

After leaving the U. S. Fish Ponds the tourist will proceed to: 

The Washington Obelisk or National Monument, is the loftiest 


































u. S. FISH PONDS—WASHINGTON OBELISK 


39 


Si J " h Str “ C ‘ i .°"?, f in ihe world. The Shaft of Maryland marble is 555 V' 

h.gh, 55 IX square at the base, and 34 '5/ 2 "at the top (500 ft£ 5 a 5 rk ) 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, (SEE PAGE 43.) 
mencec^in at i^‘ e ^, ase ’ an< ^ / at the top- The work was com- 

mencedmj^ 8 , an( L abamk)ned at 1 high in 1855. In 1876 the Govern- 



HE CONSERVATORIES—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

ment took charge of the completion of the Obelisk and made liberal appro¬ 
priations to that end. Tn 1878, Lieut.-Col. Thomas L. Casey, U. S. Engi- 




























































































































40 


WASHINGTON OBELISK 


neers in charge, and Capt. 
George W. Davis, 14th U. 
S. Infantry, assistant, were 
assigned to duty on the 
obelisk. In Aug., 1884, 
the obelisk reached 500', 
from which point the 
pyramidal roof began and 
was raised to 55', the cap 
stone being placed in po¬ 
sition Dec. 6, 1884 The 
interior is fitted with iron 
steps, 900 to the 500 ft. 
landing, and an elevator 
running to the top. On 
the inner walls are the 
stone tablets or blocks 
contributed by the States 
and Territories of the U. 
S.,Indian Nations, Foreign 
Governments, Municipali 
ties,rural Communities and 
Civicand Academic Organ¬ 
izations. When work by the 
Monument Society ceased, 


<£230,000 had been expen 
ed, and Congress appropri¬ 
ated $900,000. Total cost, 
$1,300,000. The highest 
structure in the world next 
to the Washington Obelisk 
(555V 7 *) be the City 
Building, at Philadelphia, 
537'. The next is the Cathe¬ 
dral at Cologne, Germany, 
the spires of which have an 
altitude of 524T1". The 
Capitol of the U. S., to the 
top of the Statue of Freedom, 
is 287'. The Obelisk was 
formally opened to the public 
in 1888, ascensions to the top 
being made by elevator free 
week days from 9 A. M. to 
IP 5.30 P. M. Persons desiring 
M to view the tablets to the dif¬ 
ferent landings may dosob - 
V permission of the Supernt t n 
IP dent. 



WASHINGTON OBELISK, 




















































































BUREAU ENGRAVING AND PRINTING-DEP’T AGRICULTURE. 41 


DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND VICINITY. 


1 to tne cnarge 01 puDiic _::_ 

rounds. The forcing 
and collection of sub- : I 

e interesting. 


From the Washington Obelisk a short 
walk will bring the tourist to the Pro¬ 
pagating Gardens, Public Grounds. 
Here trees, shrubs, flowers and foliage 
plants are grown for the ornamentation 
of the Public Parks and Reservations, 
under the direction of an officer of the 
U. S. A., assigned to the charge of public 
buildings and grounds 
houses, nursery 
tropical plants, are interesting 

The tourist will now continue to the 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 
(see engraving page 38,) which stands on 
B and 14th Sts., s. w., and is open on 
Saturdays only, from 10 to 2 p. m. unless 
by special permission. General Applica¬ 
tion must be made to the officer of the 
watch, at the main entrance, who will 
assign a proper person to conduct visitors 
and explain to them the interesting pro¬ 
cess of the manufacture of paper money 
and bonds. The building of brick in the 
Romanesque style, 220 / xi35 / , was erected 
in i878-’8o and cost $300,000. 

A short distance S. of the Bureau of 
Engraving and Printing is the historic 
Long Bridge , over which the National 
Armies marched into Virginia during the 
Rebellion, 1861-’5. The track on 14th 
St. is a branch of the “Belt Line,” 
from Pa. Ave. to the Bureau of En¬ 
graving and Printing. 

The grounds of the Department 
of Agricultire are artistically laid 
out. The building of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, open from 
9 a. m. to 4 p. m., was erected in 
1868, is I7o'x6i', with a basement, 

3 full stories and mansard roof, 
and cost $140,420. 

The points of chief interest 
within the broad Agricultural 
Grounds are: I. Industrial Hall, 
containing an exhibit of the pro- N 
ducts of agriculture of the country, 
and other objects of interest. 2. * 

Book and Seed Division, where 



smit^sSnian grounds ifeuEfA 
























































































































































42 


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND VICINITY. 


the publications and seeds of the Department are packed for distribution. 3. 
The Conservatories, 32o'x30', which contain a large collection of plants ot 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM AND 

VICINITY. 



economic value. 4. Four Propagating Houses, viz. the Orange, Persimmon, 
Olive and Pine Apple Houses, and two for miscellaneous plants. 5. The 
Grapery, containing the finest varieties. 6. Rose House. 7. Stables. 8. 
Experimental Garden 







































































































































































































































DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 


43 


The main entrance is on the N. and the Office of the Commissioner, No. 
2 on the Diagram. Those who wish “to pay respects,” can hand in their 
cards by the messenger. 

The Diagrams will indicate the points of interest in the building. 



FIRST FLOOR, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

First Floor. —A. Main Entrance. B. Main Staircase to the Library. 
C. and D. Private Stairways, i. Pomologist. 2. Office of thf Commissioner 
of Agriculture. 3. Private Office of Commissioner. 4. Disbursing Office. 
5. Ante-Room 6. Chief Clerk. 7. Stationary. 8. Ornithologist. 9. 
Chemist and Mineralogical Collection. 10. Chemist’s Office. 11. Labora¬ 
tory. 12, 13, and 14, Clerks. 



SECOND FLOOR, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

Second Floor .—A and B. Private Stairways. 15. Library ot Agriculture, 
15,000 vols., also the painting “ Farmingin Dakota.” 16. Museum of Botany, 
containing 150,000 specimens of dried plants of North America. 17. Botan¬ 
ist’s Room. 18. Retiring and Store Rooms. 19- Clerks. 20, 21. Ento¬ 
mologist’s Office. The Stairway B leads to the 3d fl. to the Microscopic, and 
tothe^Attic to the Forestry and Veternary Divisions in the W. wing. The 
Stairway A leads to the Statistical Division on the 3d fl. of the E. wing. 

-o- 

From the Agricultural Grounds the tourist wi'l cross 12th St. (Map on 
page 42) and enter that portion of the Mall assigned to the Smithsonian 
Institution and National Museum. The first object of interest reached is 


























































































44 


THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION-HENRY STATUE 


Story’s semi-heroic Bronze Statue of Prof. Joseph Henry, first Secretary 
of the Smithsonian Institution, N. of the W. wing of the Smithsonian Build¬ 
ing. This Statue was erected by Congress, unveiled in 1881, and cost $15,000. 

The small brick building W., is used by the Taxidermist. 

The Smtihsonian Institution Build¬ 
ing is open from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. This 
structure, of the Norman Style of the 12th 
century, is 447 / xi6o / , built of Potomac Sen¬ 
eca stone, in i 847-’56; cost, $450,000. The 
Institution was founded by James Smithson, 
of London, England, who bequeathed his 
estate to his nephew for life, and thereafter 
“to found at Washington, under the name 
of the Smithsonian Institution, an establish¬ 
ment for the increase and diffusion of kno xl- 
edge among men.” The sum realized was 
$ 535 » 1 69. The building and maintenance 
has been paid for out of accretions of interest, 
the principal remaining intact. The First 
Floor of the main building contains the Ex- 
hibiti n of Birds of the National Museum, 
8,000 specimens. The connecting range and 
cloister on the W. and the Gothic Hall at the 
extreme west, which are fire-proof, contain 
the former, the alcoholic collection of fishes 
which is very 1 irge and valuable, and the lat¬ 
ter, the collection of marine invertebrates, 
corals, .and sponges. These represent many 
faunal regions and are better exhibited than 
any other museum in the world. The group 
America, in terra cotta, is a reproduction ot 
one of the marble corner pieces of the Al¬ 
bert Memorial, Hyde Park, London. The 
panel of Lemoges Faience, 900 tiles, repre¬ 
sents the genus of man utilizing the waters 
of streams and storms, the fires of volcanos, 
and lightning. 

The entire E. wing is used by the Ad- 
jnimstrative Offices of the Institution, the 
National Museum. On the 2d fl. is the 
Anthropological Hall or collection of the De 
partment ot Antiquities of the N ational 
Museum, the finest on this hemisphere. 

In the main Rotunda of the b ational 
Museum is “the Daguerre Memorial” 
in granite and bronze, to the discoverer 
of the art of permanently fixing an image 
on a given surface, executed by f. Scott 
Hartley, erected by the Photographers Asso- hartley’s DAGUERRE, 
ciation of America, cost $10,000. Unvailed August 12-15, 1890, during the 
Photographers Convention. 




























SMITHSONIAN INSTI1 UTION-NATIONAL MUSEUM 


45 


The tourist will next continue his way a few steps towards the E. to the 
Romanesque structure occupied by the National Museum, open from 9 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 

a. m. to 4.30 p. m. Main entrance on the N. This edifice, one of the best, 
designed for the purpose, in the world, is of brick, 327 1 x^-j 1 , covers 2.35 a., 
was erected in 1879 and cost $250,000. Over the entrance is an allegorical 



THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 

• . a * « ' • * 




























































































































4 6 


THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 


group representing Columbia as the protectress of Science and Industry. 
The Diagram will explain the arrangement of^this interesting collection 



I. Main Entrance. 2. Main Vestibule. Here visitors may register their 
names and are required to deposit umbrellas, canes and packages, no fee 
being charged. 

3 and 6, Telephone and Telegraph Rooms. 4 and 5, Superintendent’s 
Office. 7 and 10. Engineer of Property. 9. Chemical Department. 8. 
Stairway to Balcony used by the Label Department. II. Main North Hall, 
Flemish Tapestry. Relics of Washington, Jackson, and Grant. Technical 
collection of Porcelains. Medals. Collections of U. S. Exploring Expedi¬ 
tions. 

12. The Rotunda. Statuary and Fountain, Memorial Vases, Daguerre 
Memorial, (see p. 44) &c. The Stainvays lead to the Galleries for the use 
of visitors. 

13. Northwest Court, Aboriginal Pottery Collection. 14. Lecture Hall. 
15. Hallway to Executive Office. 16. Executive Office. 

17. Library. The 2d fl. of this pavilion is devoted to Executiye Offices. 

|8. Northwest Range. Graphic Arts. Also illustration of methods. 







































































NATIONAL AND MEDICAL MUSEUMS. 


47 


19. West Hall. Antiquities. 20. 1st fl. Curator of Materia Medica. 2d 
fl. Curator of Ethnology. 21. West Entrance, closed. 22. 1st fl. Property 
Clerk and Assistant Curator Department of Rocks. 2d fl. Curator of 
Ethnology. 

23. Southwest Range. Department of Minerals. 24. Southwest Court. 
Departments of Metallurgy and Economic Geology. 25. Machinist’s Labora¬ 
tory. 26. Engineer and Stairs. 27. Curator of Minerals. 

28. West South Range, Department of Rocks and Physical Geology. 

29. South Hall, Department of Mammals. 

30. 1st fl. Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology. 2d fl. Curator of Mam¬ 
mals. 31. South entrance, closed. 32. 1st fl. Office of Paleontologist. 2d 
fl. Curator of fossils. 

33. East South Range, collection of Skeletons and Skulls. 34. 2d fl. Cur¬ 
ator of Insects, and Photographer. 1st fl. In the extreme corner is Public 
Comfort Room for gentlemen. 35 and 36. Public Comfort Room for ladies. 

37. Southeast Range, Insects and Drugs and Medicines. 

38. Southeast Court, Fossils. 39. East Hall, Transportation and En¬ 
gineering. 

40 and 41. 1st fl. Cafe. 2d fl. Modeler. 42. East Entrance, closed. 43 
and 44. Acting Curator of Food and Textiles, and Curator of Fish and 
Fisheries. 2d fl. Assistant Modeler. 

45. Northeast Range, Ships and Boats. 46. Northeast Court, Arts and 
Industries. 47. East North Range, Fisheries. 48. Assorting Room, 
Ornithologist—Eggs. 

49, 50. The Chemical Labratory of the U. S. Geological Survey. 

The Downing Vase, erected by the American Pomological Society to the 
memory of A. J. Downing who laid out these grounds, is N. of the building. 



THE ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. 

Immediately East of the National Museum, N. W. cor. B and 7 st. S. W., 
(see map page 42,) is the Army Medical Museum and Library Build¬ 
ing, entrance on B st. south, open from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., erected 1886-8, 
Cluss & Schulze architects, brick, 232 / xi36 / ground area, basement and 
three stories, with wings; cost, $200,000. 












































4 8 


MEDICAL MUSEUM-FISH COMMISSION. 


First Floor West Wing and Center, Clerks of the Pension Record Division, 
Surgeon General’s Office. East Wing, Exhibit of army medical supplies. 

The buildings in the court are for anatomical purposes, and machinery. 

Second Floor, West Wing. Library, 200,000 volumes and pamphlets on 
medical subjects, and used in connection with the compilation of Index Cata¬ 
logue, 20 vols., 1,000 pp. each, the greatest work of the kind extant. Center, 
Administrative. East Wing, Medical Museum, containing exhibits of 
wounds and diseases. 

At the Medical Museum the tourist will have reached the 7th St. horse cars. 

Before taking the cars he should visit, from this point, the U. S. Fish Com¬ 
mission Building, n. w. cor. B and 6th Sts., s. w. 

In the building ot the U. S. Fish Commission, Central Station, open 
from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., entrance on 6th St., on the basement fl., from Oct. 20 
to June 10, may be seen in operation the appliances and processes of fish 
hatching, and the distribution of Carp from the U. S. Fish Ponds, which the 
tourist is supposed to have already visited. 



THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 

The tourist should return to 71b St. and take the street cars S. in order to 
visit the Washington Barracks, and from thence the Washington Navy Yard. 

Having changed from the main line at Pa. Ave., (Map Page 42,) the cars 
pass the Central Market House, the finest in the city, on the r. They enter 
the Mall, the broad park which connects the parks of the Executive Mansion 
and Washington Obelisk with the Botanic Gardens and Capitol Grounds. At 
the intersection of Md. Ave. and C St. this line crosses the tracks of the 
B. and P. Steam R. R. leading W. to the Long Bridge and to Alexandria, and 
on Va. Ave. it crosses the connecting tracks of the B. and P. R. R. to Bal¬ 
timore. This portion of the city, on Md. and Va. Aves, is given up to the 
terminal facilities of the B. and P. R. R. The line now passes the wharves 
of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria Ferry and other lines of Steamers. Arling¬ 
ton and Fort Myer may be seen on the hills in Virginia. At P St. the cars 
turn E. to the main gate of the Washington Barracks Grounds, 








































THE WASHINGTON BARRACKS. 


49 


^WASHINGTON BARRACKS 
AND VICINITY. 


-i i -11 i _i 



The Washington Barracks, 
the Grounds comprising 70 a., are 
open from sunrise to sunset. Visit¬ 
ors may pass the Sentry at the gate 
by stating their desire to view the 
grouncs. After entering the gate, 
on the r., is the inner channel of the 
Potomac, taken by the lines of 
Steamers to the Wharves. 

The Map will locate the points 
of interest within the Barracks 
Grounds. 

1. Main gate. 2. Guard House. 
3. Hospital. 4. Magazines. 

5. Firing Stand of Rifle Range. 
This Range 1,000 yards long, is the 
finest in the Eastern States. Prac¬ 
ticing by the Artillery Team daily, 
from 9 to 11 a. m., weather permit¬ 
ting. 6. Fish Ponds. 7. Com¬ 
manding and 8 Field Officers Quar¬ 
ters. 9. Guard House. In front 
of this site stood the scaffold upon 
which Mrs. Surratt and the other 
conspirators in the assassination of 
President Lincoln were hanged. 

10. Headquarters Washing¬ 
ton Barracks. II. Officer’s 
Quarters. 12. Commissary, Quarter¬ 
master, and Ordnance Offices 13. 
Barracks. 14 Stables. 15. Barracks 
16. Store, 17. Bake, 18. Ice, 19, 
and 20, Tool Houses. 21. Gard¬ 
ener’s Cottage. 22. Store House. 
23. Wagon Shed. 24. Battery 
Park. 25 and 26 Carpenter Shop. 
27. Wood and Coal Houses. 28. 
Battery Stables. 29. Married Men’s 
Quarters. 30. Banc 1 Quarters. 

31 to 37, Officer’s Quarters. 38. 
Butt of Firing Range. 

39. Wharf on Anacostia. 40. 
Wharf on Potomac where the as¬ 
sassin Booth’s, body was landed. 
Alexandria may be seen on the Va. 
side, and the Governmer t Insane 
Asylum on the hill on the D. C. side. 

41. Battery Drill Ground with 
Mortars and Guns. Drilling 10 a. 
m. daily except Sundays, and un¬ 
favorable weather. 42. Garrison 
Flag Staff. 










































































5 ° 


THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD 


After leaving the main gate of the Barracks grounds, a short walk on 4 Vi 
St. to M St., S. will bring the tourist to the line of the Anacostia and Poto¬ 
mac Horse R. R., and proceed to the Navy Yard. 

This line crosses the James Cre k Canal, walled on both sides, 6 ' deep, 
and is used by boats laden with wood,^stone and sand. It also forms the out¬ 
let of the great Tiber Sewer, which may be seen at the N. end. Across 
the Anacosta, crowning the hill is the Government Hospital for the Insane. 

The tourist at 8 th St. E. alights in front of the imposing entrance to the 
Yard. From this point this line of cars continues to nth St. E., thence 
across the Anacostia to a point near the Insane Asylum. 



THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD AND GUN FOUNDRY. 

The Navy Yard and Gun Foundry is onen from sunrise to sunset, daily, 
except Sunday, Visitors can enttr by speaking to the Sergeant of the marine 
guard at the gate. The Yard comprises 42 a. on the N. bank of the Anacostia, 
or Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, about 1 m from its confluence with 
the latter stream. It is accessible to vessels of 20' draught. It is now the 
chief Yard for the manufacture of naval supplies, and one of'the most com¬ 
pile gun foundries in the world. 

The numbers on the Map direct the tourist to the places of interest. 

1. Main Gate. On the r. are the Headquarters of the Marine Guard and 
Guard Room, and on the 1 . Marine Officer’s Quarters. A, is the Flag Staff. 
The Guns were captured from the Tripolitan pirates. 

2. Office of Commandant. Here permits may be obtained to enter the 
shops or go aboard the vessels. 3. Residence of the Commandant. 4. Resi¬ 
dence of the Captain ,of the Yard. 5. Officer’s Quarters. 6. Dispensary. 
6K- Civil Engineer’s Office. 7. Residence of the Ordnance Officer. 8. 
Western Gate. 

9. Museum of Naval Relics and Weapons. 10. Stables. 11 Laboratory. 
12. Ordnance Store House, containing an interesting collection of Ship’s.* 
Guns. 13. Laboratory. 14. Paint Shop. 15. Magazine. 16 and 17’ 
Ordnance Shops. 18. Gun Park. 19. Ordnance Foundry. 













































NAVY YARD, MARINE BARRACKS, ETC. 5 I 


NAVY YARD AND MARINE BARRACKS. 

20. Saluting Battery. 21. Saw Mill. 22. West Ship House. 






















































































































































































































































52 


THE MARINE BARRACKS AND HOSPITAL. 


Commandant’s Boat House. 2d fl. Yard Reading Room. At the wharf 
the tourist may go aboard the Monitor in the stream. 26. East Ship House. 
27. CopperSmith. 28 and 29. Brass Foundry. 30. East Gate. 31 and 32, 
Naval Store House. 33. Copper Rolling Mill. 34. Rigging Store House. 
35. Foundry for casting steel guns. 36. Paymaster’s Stores. 37. Forge 
Hammer. 38. Machine and Blacksmith Shops. 39. Store House. 

The Marine Barracks, main entrance gate on 8th St., is open to visitors 
from sunrise to sunset, it being simply necessary to mention their object to 
the Sergeant of the guard at the gate, in order to pass. The long line of low 
buildings on 8th St. are the Barracks, and the large building in the centre 
the Headquarters, all of which open on the parade within. The Armory is 
on the S. side. 

Marine Band Concerts, free, are held in the Armory of the Barracks 
Mondays, 1.30 to 3 p. m , from January 1 to May 1; Thursdays, on the 
parade, at 4.30 p. m., from May 1 till October 1. 

One square N. of the Marine Barracks on 9th and E Sts., s. e., is the 
Naval Hospital, open alter 12 m. 

Car Route to the Capitol. —After leaving the Navy Yard, and having 
visited the Marine Barracks and Naval Hospital, and not desiring to visit the 
Congressional Cemetery, Washington Asylum and U. S. Jail, the tourist will 
take the W. and G. R. R. at the nearest point. 

The tourist returning to the Capitol 
from the Navy Yard, should alight at 
New Jersey Ave. if he desires to visit 
lhe Coast and Geodetic Survey Build¬ 
ing. Here will be seen the whole 
process of Draughting, Copper-En¬ 
graving, Electrotyping and Printing 
Charts. The U. S. standard Weights 
and Measures are also kept here. 

From New Jersey Ave. the cars 
continue to West Washington or 
Georgetown, in the Triangle at 9th St. 
and Pa. Ave., S. side,is Bailey’s bronze 
Statue of Gen. John A. Rawlins, 

Gen. Grant’s Chief of Staff and Secre¬ 
tary of War, erected by Congress in 
1873, at a cost °f $10,000. 

, At 10th St. stands the marble statue 

bailev s raw- 0 f q ie Philosopher and Piinter, Ben plassman’s frank- 
uns. jamin Franklin, by Ernest Plassman, LIN. 

designer, Jacques Touvenal, sculptor, presented to the city 1889 by Stil son 
Hutchins. It is 8'6" high, standing upon a granite pedestal u' high The 
subject is represented in the garb of the days of his diplomatic residence at the 
French Court of Versailles. 

Detour, via the Congressional Cemetery, Washington Asylum 
and U. S. Jail, to the Statue of Emancipation. —The tourist wishing 
to visit the points of interest above named, will start at E on 8th St., (see 
Map P. 51.1 

At nth St. and Pa. Ave. is the City Post Office. Ground $800,000. 
Building, romanesque, $1,900,000; 306'x 200'; 8 stories high; clock tower 
















CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY-JAIL. 


53 


250', designed by E. J. Edbrokoe, 
supervising architect U. S. Treas¬ 
ury. Will be completed 1894. 

At 13^ St. and Pa. Ave. is the 
extensive power house ol the W. 
& G. Str. Rwy. 

The Congressional Cemete¬ 
ry, or Parish Cemetery of Christ 
Church, near the Navy Yard, re¬ 
ceived its name fiom having been 
the place of sepulture of Senators 
and Representatives who died in 
p the city during the early years of 
the century, or to whom memorial 
Cenotaphs were erected. There 
are also two Vice-Presidents, Gerry 
and Clinton, and Gencals, Ad¬ 
mirals and others of National re¬ 
nown, buried here. The site over¬ 
looks the Anacostia River. The first interment was in 1807. 

From the “Congressional” Cemetery the tourist will continue on E. to 
19th St. On 19th St is the Woik House, a few steps further N.is the Wash¬ 
ington Asylum, or Alms House, and still a few steps further N. the U. S. 



THE CITY POST OFFICE. 



THE U. S. JAIL. 


Jail. In this Jail Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, was confined 
and executed. Visitors who desire simply to be shown through the Jail will 
be admitted by application at the Warden’s Office, main entrance, every day 
except Sundays, between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. 

From the U. S. Jail the tourist can take the most direct route, about 8 
minutes walk, to Lincoln Square, where stands the Statue of Emancipation, 





















































































54 


LINCOLN SQUARE—EMANCIPATION STATUE. 


CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, JAIL, ETC. 




In Lincoln Square stands Ball’s semi¬ 
heroic Bronze Group, Emancipation, 
representing Abraham Lincoln pre¬ 
senting the proclamation of fredome 
to a liberated slave. The Statue was 
unveiled Aprd 14, 1876, the anniver¬ 
sary of Lincoln’s assassination. It 
cost $17,000. The first con ribution 
was $5 00 from Charlotte Sco't, a 
freed woman of Virginia, and her 
first earnings in freedom. After view 
ing the Statue of Emancipation the 
tourist will leave Lincoln Square by 
East Capitol St., a thoroughfare 160' 
wide with a fine vista of Am eric 1 
Elms and North Carolina Poplars, 
extending from Lincoln Square W. to 
East Capitol Park. At 9th St., E., on 


ball’s emancipation. 

East Capitol St., he may take the 











































































































































GREENE STATUE-U. S. PENSION BUILDING. 


55 


Horse Cars of the East Capitol St. line of the Metropolitan R. R., 'fare 
5 cts , 01 6 tickets for 25 cts., good on all lines, thus commencing the return 
tour, via. the Capitol and to places of interest in the northern central parts 
of the city and west end. 

At 8th 'St. n e. the building with the pointed 
towers seen on the hills N. ot the city, is the 
Deaf and Dumb Asylum. At 5th St., n. e. the 
tourist should leave the cars lor a short walk 
along that street, N to Stanton Square , where 
stands Brown’s Bronze Equestrian Statue of the 
Revolutionary General, Nathaniel Greene. 
The total cost, to include pedestal, was $50,000. 
From this point a fine view of the Capitol can be 
had by looking along Md. Ave. towards the"s. w. 
The large building fronting this square on the S. 
is the Peabody Public School. 

Returning to the line of street cars at 3d ■'t., n. e. 
the route continues to 1st St., n. e. passing the 
brown’s GREENE. new Congressional Library Building and along the 
Cap’tol Park. 

The large, now private building, on the s. e. cor. of Md. Ave. and 1st St, 
after the burning of the Capitol in 1814, was occupied by Congress. Dur¬ 
ing the War of the Rebellion, 1861-’65, it was used as a prison for political 
offenders. Alsowithin those walls was hanged Wirz, the prison keeper ol 
Andersonv ille. 




THE U. S. PENSION BUILDING. 


At 4th St. and Indiana Ave., the line reaches Judiciary Square , passing on 
the r the U. S. Court House and \Lincoln Column , by. Lot Flannery, erected 
by contributions ot patriotic citizens. Thejormer was erected in 1820- 49 


























































































56 JUDICIARY SQUARE, INTERIOR DEPT. AND VICINITIES. 


INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND VICINITY. 






















































































































































































































































































































































































PATENT OFFICE-GENERAL POST-OFFICE 


57 


is 250 'xi 8 o / , has a freestone basement and stuccoed superstructure, and on 
the S. front, Ionic Porticoes. It was formerly the City Hall but is now occu¬ 
pied by the Courts of the U. S. and the District of Columbia. At 5th St., 
W. the cars turn N. and at F St., turn W. The immense brick structure 



INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, (PATENT OFFICE.) 


on the N. portion of Judiciary Square, is the U. S. Pension Building, 40o'x 
20o / and 75' high. It is fire proof throughout. The frieze over the first story 
consists of a terra cotta sculptured band 3' high, representing Military and 
Naval subjects. The building cost $1,000,000 and required 15,000,000 bricks. 
The court will accommodate 18,000 persons at an inauguration ball, and 
59,000 persons closely packed. 



the general post-office. 


After passing 7th St., on the N. stands the Department of the Interior 
(Patent Office), open from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. This massive structure, 453 '* 
-31', was erected i836-’6o, and cost $2,500,000. The centre is of free stone 
and the wings of marble, resting on a basement of granite. 














































































58 


MC PHERSON-FARRAGUT-SCOTT STATUES. 


The Museum of Models of the Patent Office, open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., 
contains 200,000 models. The four halls are of superb construction, and 
contain many objects of historic interest in addition to the valuable and 
instructive collection of models, representing the inventive genius of the 
American people. Directly S. of the Interior Department is the General 
Post-Office, open from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Commenced in 1839 and 
finished in 1867, cost, $2,700,000. The structure is of marble and belongs 
to the Corinthian order . In the suite of apartments of the Postmaster- 
General, is a collection of Crayon Portraits of those Officers since the 
foundation of the Government. On the third floor, reached by the stairway 
from the E. door on the N.front of the building, is the Dead Letter Office 
Alusrum. At 8th St., one square S., stands the Money Order Office. 

At 10th St., one square S. is Ford’s Theatre 
b ilding, the place of assassination of Presi¬ 
dent Lincoln. In the back parlor of the house, 

No. 516, 
opposite, 

Presi dent 
Lincoln 
died after 
being car¬ 
ried fro m 
the Theatre 
At H and 
15 Sts., n. 
w., is the 



ROBISSO’S MCPHERSON. 


Columbian 
University. 
The new 
building is a 



MRS. HOXIE’S FARRAGUT. 


fine brick structure, 12CX64, 4 stories high and richly ornamented with appro¬ 
priate alti relivi in terra cotta, erected in i 883-’4, and cost of building and 
ground, $150,000 Visitors -will be shown through the building by the 

janitor. At this point the cars pass with¬ 
in one square of the Bronze Equestrian 
Statue of Gen. J. B McPherson, by 
Robisso, erected in 1876, by the Society 
of the Army of the Tennessee, and cost 
$23,500. The superb granite pedestal, by 
the Government, cost $25,000. 

From this Statue the tourist may return 
by way of Vermont Ave. to II St., and 
thence resume his journey by the same line 
of cars, (proceeding W.) passing Lafayette 
Park and Statue of Gen. Jackson, on the 
L, or he may take 1 or K Sts., N., and 
walk two squares W. to the he-oic Statue 
of Admiral David G. Farragut. U. S. 
Navy, by Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie, 
brown’s scott ordered by Congress, 1872, cast from metal 

r 1 ’ of the propellor of the Admiral’s Flag Ship, 

artford, unveiled 1881, and cost $20,000; Pedestal $5,000. 





















STATUE OF DUPONT-OAK HILL CEMETERY-AQUEDUCT. 59 


Take the horse cars on 17th St. to N St., or walk, via 17th St. to R. I. 
Ave., and thence to the intersection of R. I. and Mass. Avenues, to the Bronze 
Equestrian Statue of Gen. Winfield Scott, by H K. Brown, ordered by Con¬ 
gress 1867, erected 1874, cost $20,000. The Pedestal consists of 5 blocks of 
granite. Thence return by N St. to Conn. Ave. Opposite stands the fine 
mansion of the British Legation, and one square be¬ 
yond is the heroic Bronze Statue of Rear Admiral 
Samuel F. Dupont, by Launt Thompson, ordered 
by Congress 1882, erected 1884, cost, $14,000. In 
this section of the city, the “ West End,” which is the 
chief quarter of fashionable life, are situated the finest 
private residences and Church edifices, of all denomi¬ 
nations, in Washington. They may be located by 
reference to the Maps. 

Thence take the horse cars, every few minutes, which 
continue W., crossing Rock Creek into West Washing¬ 
ton. At 30th or Washington St., W. Washington, 
the tourist should alight and walk to Oak Hill Cem¬ 
etery. This beautiful city of the dead, the gift of 
W. W. Corcoran, comprises 30 a., and has an endow¬ 
ment of $120,000 from that gentleman. Just W. Qf 
the Chapel, near the main gate, is the Grave of J. IIoiv- 
ard Payne , the author of “ Home, Sweet Home,” and 
a monument to his memory, erected in 1884, when his 
remains were removed from Tunis, Africa, and deposi¬ 
ted there. The remains of many other distinguished 
men rest in this Cemetery. Thompson’s dupont. 

From this point along Road St., “ Georgetown Heights ,” a short walk will 
bring the tourist to the High Seivice Reservoir, capacity, 1,000,000 gallons, 
fed by the pumping engines at the Washington Aqueduct Bridge 

Thence walking S along High St. to 3d (P) St., the cars will carry him o 
35th (Fayette) St., on the n. w. cor, of which stands the Convent and 
Academy of the Visitation, ( Roman Catholic), founded in 1799. The A cadi my 
is open to visitors on Wednesdays and Saturdays after 12 m., Entrance from 
35tf (Fayette) St. In the Vault of the Convent rest the remains of a daugh¬ 
ter of Gen. Winfield Scott, a religieuse of the order. 

From the Academy, a short walk of one square S. to 2d (O) St., and thence 
three squares E., will lead the tourist to Georgetozvn College, a fine stone 
structure of the pointed style. 

After leaving the College, the tourist should return to 36th (Lingam) St., 
and thence proceed S. to M (Bridge) St. From the Netu Iron Bridge, 
built 1887-8, he will have a good view of the extensive Coal Chut s and the 
Shipping of West Washington. West Washington, or Georgetown is the 
Port of Entry of Washington. The Chesapiake and Ohio Canal, which ter¬ 
minates here, before the destructive freshets of 1889 brought coal from Cum¬ 
berland the entrepot of the Western Maryland and W. Virginia Coal Fields, 
to tide water, a distance of 182 m. This Canal, commenced in 1828, 182 m. 
long, cost $13,000,000, and was one of the finest works of the kind in the 
U. S. 

The tourist should now take the W. and G R. R. on M (Bridge) St. at 
32d (High) St. and return to the city, viewing the objects of interest 
on either side ot the route. (Continued on P. 61.) 















6o 


WEST WASHINGTON. 


WEST WASHINGTON. 



iF the suburbs of Washington, the old Maryland borough of George¬ 
town, now known as \Vest Washington, is the most important 
)lt is separated from the Capital by Rock Creek. It lies at the head of 
navigation on the Potomac River and nestled in the beautiful hills at 
the foot of the Little Falls of that stream presents a picturesque appearance. 
Its population in 1880 was 12,578. This is made the initial or starting point 
of this complete tour of the magnificient governing City of the Nation. 

In order to reach Washington the tourist, having visited the places of 
interest in this portion of West Washington, (GeoYn), including the Post- 
office and Custom House, a granite edifice, may take the horse cars of the 
Washington and Georgetown R. R., which start at High (32) St., vV., and 
thence proceed E. on Bridge (M) St. 

Should the tourist desire to visit the Boat Houses, he will not take the cars 
at this point, but proceed by High (32d) St., crossing the Chesapeake and 
Ohio canal by a stone bridge, and passing the Grace P. E. Ch. on the 1 ., to 
the fine Boat Houses of the Columbia and one square W , of the Poto¬ 
mac Boat Clubs. The janitor will show visitors through the buildings, which 
are complete in all their appointments and well worthy of a visit by persons 
interested in aquatic sports. The Analostan Boat House may be seen fur¬ 
ther down the river shore. Just above in the Potomac channel, is the “finish” 
of the National Boat Course. 

From the Columbia and Potomac Boat Houses, the tourist would do well to 
return to Bridge (M) St., and tl ence visit the Washington Aqueduct 
Bridge, by proceeding along Bridge to Green (29th) St., to the Fountain, 
where he will leave the line of the car track and by a direct and short course 
reach the point desired. This symmetrical structure spans Rock Creek and 
carries the water supply of Washington over that stream from the great mains 
on the West Washington side, through two 48 in. iron pipes to the Washing¬ 
ton side, the pipes forming an arch of 290 ft. span which supports a road¬ 
way and connects Washington and West Washington. At the foot of the W 
abutment are the pumping engines used for supplying the High Service 
Reservoir. This may be visited by permission obtained 

at the Aqueduct office, at the W. end of the bridge. 

The view from this bridge overlooks the terminal locks and basins of the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Wharves and Potomac River; and 
the narrow and deep ravine through which Rock Creek finds its way from 
the picturesque hills of the interior, to the Potomac. The iron truss 
bridge near by connects M with Bridge (M) St., n. w., and is used by the 
W. & G. line of street cars. A short walk along Pa. Ave. will bring the 
tourist back to the line of cars. 

Street Car Route.—West Washington to Washington Statue. 


Should the tourist not desire to specially visit the objects of interest men¬ 
tioned, he will take the street cars at any point on Bridge (M) St., and in 
crossing Rock Creek, view the Washington Aqueduct anil Bridge on the S. 
from the cars. The same view of the valley of the stream will also be had, 
looking N. or S. ~ 





WASHINGTON STATUE—NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 


6l 


('Continuedfrom Page 59.) 

After passing 24th St. we reach Washington Circle and Statue. Here 

the tourist may leave the cars to take 
a view of the colossal Equestrian 
Statute of General George Wash¬ 
ington, ^by Clark Mills, ordered in 
1S53, and cost $50,000. 

The tourist 'at Washington Circle 
has the option of returning to the cars 
and continuing along Pa. Ave to the 
group of points of interest in the 
H vicinity of the Executive mansion, or 
^ by a short detour afoot, can visit the 
Analostan Boat House (See P. 60) 

; and Naval Observatory, soon to be 
! removed. Arriving at the gate, enter 
the Observatory grounds and pro¬ 
ceed to the N. door, or main entrance 
(open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m ) of the 
main building, and touch the electric 
bell. The first building reached on 
mill’s Washington. the jr. j s the Residence of the Super¬ 

intendent , not open to the public. The messenger in the main building will 
make the arrangements to see the many objects of interest. 




U. S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

With the aid of the numbers which’run from the central pier'West, Eas 
and South the visitor will better understand the explanations. 

I. Pier of brick 12' in diameter and 28' high which supports the smaller 
equatorial. The “Meridian of Washington” passes through the centre ol 
this dome. The Time-ball is dropped every day at 12 M. from the ma t 
and simultaneously the time is transmitted to all parts of the U. S 

II. Office of the Superintendent. Ill and IV. Offices. V. Packing Room. 
VI. Room of the Mural Circuit and Transit. 

VII. Chronometer Room in which chronometers ate kept and rated for the 
use of the Navy, and from which the standard mean-time is despatched tojall 
parts of the U. S., in connection with the time-ball on the smalleCdome. 















62 


STATUES OF THOMAS AND LUTHER. 


VIII. Library containing 13,000 vol- 
umns relating to Astronomy and kindred 
sciences. 

IX. Standard Sidereal Clock X. 
Transit Circle. XL Prime Vertical 
Transit. XII. Machine Shop. XIII. 
Room of Officer in charge of the great 
Equatorial. XVI. Sleeping apartments 
of the same. XV The great Equatorial. 
Object glass, 26". This is one of the 
largest telescopes of the kind in the 
world. It cost $.47,000. I he dome is 
41' in diameter and 40' high. The in¬ 
strument is run by a reaction water¬ 
wheel. 

XVI. Residenceof the Superintendent. 
The rooms on the second fl. of the ma n 
building are u-ed by officers and profes¬ 
sors in charge of instru nents. A new 
observatory is being erected. 

A view may be had ol the River Park, 
reclaimed by the Government at a vast 
expense. At the foot of the hill the En¬ 
glish General Braddock, landed his troops 
preparatory to his march from Alexandria, 
Va., to the fatal banks of the Mononga- 
hela, in 1755. 

THOMAS AND LUTHER STATUES. 

Starting at New York Ave. and 15th 
St., passing the Young Men's Christian 
Association on the 1 ., the cars turn N 
into 14th St., W. At M St, is the 
Bronze Statue of Gen. George H. 
Thomas, by J. Q. A. Ward, erected in 
1879 by the Society of the Army of the 
Cumberland, cost, $40,000. Immedi¬ 
ately N.are the Memorial Lutheran 
Church, and heroic Bronze Statue 
of Martin Luther, the German 
Religious Reformer, a replica of the 
central figure of the Luther Memo¬ 
rial, or Reformation Group, by 
Reitschel, at Worms, Germany, 
erected by an association of Luther¬ 
ans in 1884, in commemoration of 
the 400 h anniversary of the Re- 
orjner’sbirth, Nov. ip, 1483, cost, 
with pedestal, $io,ooc. The cars 
continue to Boundary. The Garfield 


STATUE OF THOMAS. 


continue to uounctary. ine Ltarfieui H _ ~ 1 ,l/ 

Hospital is at the N. end of nth St., SVfllardllL JTbMttH. 

Wr - - 





























































































































































THOMAS AND LUTHER STATUES-GOV’T PRINTING OFFICE. 63 



THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE AND 
DEAF MUTE COLLEGE. 


The tourist desiring to visit the Government Print¬ 
ing Office will take the Columbia Horse Cars. This 
line begins on New York York Ave. at 15th St , W., 

After c r o s s i n'g 14th 
St., for points of in¬ 
terest along his course, 
the tourist will follow 
his route on the Map. 

At N. Capitol St. he 
will alight, and on 
that street enter the 
Government Print¬ 
ing Office, open 
from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. 

Ascend to the 2d fl., 
the messenger will 
WARD S THOMAS. make the necessary ar¬ 

rangements. On the 1st fl. are the Press and Proof¬ 
reading Rooms; 2d fl., the Composing Rooms and 
Offices; 3d fl., the Bindery, and4th fl., Folding Room. 

From the Government Printing Office the street cars KElTSCHEL’s luthek. 



























































6 \ 


DEAF AND DUMB COLLEGE-ENVIRONS 


continue E. At 7th St., n. e. the tourist may leave the cars and qpLW the 0} 
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at the N. end of that street. 
The Institution is open on Thursday for visitors to the School. It is sus¬ 
tained by Congress for the use of the District of Columbia and the Army 
and Navy. A Collegiate Department, open to both sexes is attached. The 
main building is of the pointed gothic style, and contains the Chapel, Lecture 
Rooms, &c. 



THE COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB—CHAPEL. 

The large buildings near by are the Dormitories, Class-rooms, &c. 

The horse cars from 7th St., E., continue to the E. Boundary of the city. 
Opposite is Graceland Cemetery, and a short distance N. on ?the Baltimore 
Turnpike, is Mount Olivet, Roman Catholic Cemetery. Wirz, the Ander- 
sonville Prison Keeper, is buried here. Two miles beyond is the Reform 
School , established in 1866, which occupies the site of Ft. Lincoln. The 
tourist may return by the same route or walk to Lincoln Square and thence 
return by the Metropolitan R. R. 

THE ENVIRONS OF WASHINGTON. 

-o- 

HE immediate vicinity of Washington presents a number of places of in¬ 
terest to invite the attention of the tourist, and which, if time permits, 
should be visited before leaving the City. (See Rates of Public Convey- 
anC es. ^ 

NORTH OF WASHINGTON. 

The regions along the northern boundary of Washington present many ob¬ 
jects of interest in nature and art. The country, particularly in a north¬ 
westerly direction, is exceedingly picturesque. The spurs of the outlying 
foot hills of the Blue Ridge mountains impinge upon the very confines of the 
Capital in the picturesque Heights of Georgetown, which are studded with 
many beautiful villas, some dating back to colonial times. The scenery along 
the river road of the Potomac, or along the “conduit” road on the crest of 
the hills is very picturesque. 







































• SOLDIERS’ HOME-FORT STEVENS, 


65 


Leaving West Washington via Georgetown and Tenallytown E. R. R., a 
ride of three miles, through a region beautifully diversified by hill and dale, 
copse and meadow, brings the tourist to “Oak View,” President Grover 
Cleveland’s former summer residence, and the site of the proposed Metho¬ 
dist University. Steps are under way to secure the funds for the erection 
of the building*. Bishop Hurst is the chief promoter of the movement. 

On almost every commanding elevation may be seen some trace of the 
cordon of forts which formed the defenses of Washington during the War of 
the Rebellion. The map will indicate the most prominent points of interest. 

Soldiers’ Home, NationalCemetery, Rock Creek Church, Bright- 
wood, Ft. Stevens, Battle Cemetery, and Mt. Pleasant.—To the Sol¬ 
diers’ Home is the fashionable drive, particularly of a Summer evening. 

Leaving the City by 7th St. to 
Whitney Ave., the large building 
01 the hill on the r., after pass¬ 
ing the Boundary, is the Howard 
University , incorporated 1867, for 
the education of youth,(colored,) 
irrespective of color or sex. A 
Normal School is attached. The 
New Reservoir is just east 1 An- 
olher outward route is by New 
York Ave. and N. CapitolSt., and 
Lincoln Ave , passing Ghnwood 
Cemetery , 90 a. beautifully laid 
out, with many fine monuments. 
The Soldiers’ Home is for 
Regulars or Volunteers who 
served in the Mexican War, and 
privates in the Regular Army. 
It was founded by an appropria¬ 
tion of the pillage money levied 
by Gen. Scott on the City of Mexico After entering the grounds, which 
comprise 500 a., may be seen near the buildings the heroic Statue of Gen. 
Winfield Scott, by Launt Thompson, erected in 1874 by the Home, in 
honor of its founder, cost, $18,000. 

After viewing the fine buildings and the “ Capitol Vista,” leave the grounds 
by the N. gate and visit the National Military Cemetery, containing 
5,424 graves, and the granite Memorial Chapel containing the remains of Gen. 
John A. Logan. Also Rock Creek (St Paul’s Episcopal) Church and 
Cemetery, adjoining, the oldest in the District of Columbia, erected 1719, of 
imported bricks, and remodeled in 1868. Thence drive to Brightwood , and 
thence to Ft. Stevens, the scene of a severe battle and defeat of a Confed¬ 
erate force in July, 1864, and the nearest approach of the enemy to Washington. 
A Methodist Chmch now stands on the site. A short distance beyond is the 
Battle Cemetery where the killed were interred. Beturn to the City by 
the road leading to the right at Brightwood, ind passing through Mount Pleas¬ 
ant, one of the N. suburbs, enter Washington at 14th St., W. The large 
building on the hill at the head of 15th St., W., is the Way land Seminary, 
founded in 1865, by the Baptists, for the education of colored preachers. 

Cabin-John and Chain Bridges, and Little and Great Falls of 
the Potomac.—The round-t’dp is 30 m. from Rock Creek. Leave West 


















66 


RESERVOIR-AQUEDUCT-FALLS OF POTOMAC. 


Washington by T (7th) St., to the Conduit Road, The first point, 2 m., is 
the Distributing Reservoir , 33 a.; capacity, 300,000,000 galls, elevat’n,' 144/ 
Here the mains to the city commence, and here the 9-ft. cylindrical Conduit 
from the Great Falls of the Potomac terminates. The next point, 2 m., is 
the Receiving Reservoir , capacity, 163,000,000 galls. Resuming the drive on 
the Conduit, 3 m, is Glen Echo, Maryland, and its Chattauqua Amphitheater 
and other buildings and Cabin-John Bridge, the longest arch of ma¬ 
sonry, 220 / with 57 y 2 ‘ rise, in the world. The Bridge is’400' long, cost, 
$237,000. A good dinner may be had at the hotel. The Conduit road 
continues to the Great Falls of the Potomac, the starting point of the Aque¬ 
duct, 8 m. distant. The entire delivering capacity of the Reservoir is 80,- 
000,000 gals, in 24 hours, cost $3,500,000. From Cabin-John Bridge, at 
the Distributing Reservoir, take the road to the r. to Chain Bridge, so 
named because the original structure was protected from the violence ol 
freshets by chains, and return by the river roar 1 along the Chesapeake and 
Ohio Canal and Little Falls of the Potomac, to West Washington. 

Naval Observatory. —One half mile north of Georgetown, take electric 
cars, High street road, Georgetown, near the Tenleytown road, on the line 
of Massachusetts Ave. extended, and on a commanding elevation overlooking 
a vast stretch of city and country, is situated the new Naval Observatory. 
The tract, purchased in 1881, embraces 62 a., cost $72,000. In ’87, Con¬ 
gress appropriated $400,000 for buildings, erected ’88-91, viz; main building 
3°7 J^x 62 / , great equatorial house dome with a radius 22clock house for 
time service, east and west transit circle houses, 2 observers buildings, prime 
vertical buildings, 1 boiler house, all of New York marble. 

The Rock Creek Park. —This picturesque stretch of ground on both 
sides of Rock Creek, accessible by street cars leading into the extreme N. 
W. section of Washington, begins on the N. of the Blagden Mills road where 
intersected by W. line, 16th St. extended, and comprises 1980 a. or 3 m. 
long, purchased by A. Cong. ’90, for $1,200,000. This park will be beauti¬ 
fied by drives, walks, and other embellishments, through the genius of the 
landscape gardener. 

Zoological Park. —This interesting locality, adjacent to the Rock Creek 
Park, and near Woodly Lane, 1 mile N. W. of Washington, will be, when 
completed, one of the most extensive establishment of the kind in the 
world. The ground, 166 a., was purchased by Conp, 1889, for $176,128. 
The proper structures are being erected and the ground is otherwise being 
placed in order. 

The Catholic University, reached by the Eckington and Soldiers’ 
Home E. R. R. from 15th and G Streets, or New Vork Avenus at 7th Street 
N. W., 3 m., occupies a site at the N. terminus of 4th Street E. The granite 
and Potomac blue stone building is spacious. Ring at the main ei trance. 
The room on the right contains some fine paintirgs, one of Miss Marial 
Cuendalinal Caldwell, whose gift of $300,000 led to the founding of the in¬ 
stitution for theology and philosophy. In the N. hall is a collossal marble 
statue of Pope Leo XIII, by Guiseppe Lucetti, presented by Count Joseph 
Loubat, of New York. Cost, $20,000. Unveiled 1891. The chapel is also 
fine The building nearby is occupied by the Paulist fathers. The McMahon 
Hall of Philosophy , at right angles to the Divinity building, was the gift ot 
Rev. James McMahon. The basement is Port Deposit granite. The super¬ 
structure Potomac blue stone trimmed with Woodstock granite. Cost $350,- 
000. Erected 1892-94. Educational chiefly in social sciences. 













INSANE ASYLUM-CAVALRY BARRACKS-ARLINGTON. 


07 


SOUTH OF THE ANACOSTIA RIVER. 

Anacostia and the Government Hospital for the Insane.—This 

trip may be very conveniently made afoot. Take the VV. and G. R. R. to the 
Navy Yard, and there get a transfer ticket on the Anacostia and Potomac 
R. R. and cross the Navy Yard Bridge to Avacost a, and within 1 m. of the 
Asylum. The Government Hospital for the Insane, (visiting days, 
Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p. m., and fiiends of patients eve-y day except Sun¬ 
day,) was founded in 1855. The main building, 75o'x20o', occupies a com¬ 
manding site overlooking the two rivers and the City, and has 550 single 
rooms. The W. wing is for males, and the E. for female patients. There 
are accommodations in all the buildings for 1,000 patients. 



GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. 

SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER. 

Ft. Myer, Arlington and National Cemetery.—These places, open 
every day from sunrise to sunset, can be easily reached afoot by those choos¬ 
ing this means of visiting them, by taking the W. and G. R. R., to the 
Georgetown Aqueduct. There is a fixed charge of $5 for carriages. 

After cross ng the Iron Bridge at the Aqueduct, take the militiry road to 
the r. following the army teleg aph line to Ft. Myer, 1 m. This is the sta¬ 
tion of the cavalry of the garrison of Washington. Pass through the Fort 
and follow the road leading to the rear gate of the National Cemetery. 
The main drive will lead to Arlington House. This was the home of G. 
W. Parke Custis, the adopted son of Gen. Washington, and later of Robert 
E. Lee, after 1861, Commander of the Confederate Forces in the Rebellion 
of 1861 -’5- There are buried here over 16,000 soldiers. In front of the man¬ 
sion is the grave of General Sheridan. To the north are other officers buried. 
The granite sarcophagus, S. of the mansion, contains the bones of 2,111 un¬ 
known soldiers. The Superintendent will give further information. From 
the Mansion return to Washington by Long Bridge, or by direct road back 
to West Washington. The latter being nearer. The entire distance by this 
route, is i]/ 2 m. 

THE POTOMAC RIVER TO MOUNT VERNON. 

Mount Vernon.—The Home and Tomb of George Washington, may be 





















68 


THE POTOMAC TO MOUNT VERNON. 




THE mansion, (looking towards the river.) 

reached by steamer leaving the 7th St. wharf every day except Sunday, a t 
a. m., returning at 3.30 p. m.; Fare, $1.00. 

After passing the Washington Barracks and the 
mouth of the Anacostia the steamer touches at the 
old Virginia City of Alexandria, passes the Light 
House at Jones’ Point, the site of the corner 
stone of the boundaries of the D. C., planted in 
1791, touches at Ft. Foote, Maryland, an aban¬ 
doned earth-work of the War of the Rebellion, 

1861-65, and Ft. Washington, an old time stone 
case-mated work, and thence to Mount Ver¬ 
non on the opposite side of the river. Distance, 

14 m. The competent .Superintendent of the 
place will explain all points of interest. 

The mansion is of wood, 96' long. The center 
was erected by Lawrence, half brother to the Gen¬ 
eral, and the wings were added by the General, and 
named after Admiral Vernon, of the British .Navy, 
under whom Lawrence Washington served. 

The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the 
Union, incorporated 1859, purchased the mansion 
and contiguous grounds, 200 acres, for $200,000, 
and has restored and preserved them as nearly 
as practicable as in the days of their great propri¬ 
etor. In 1887 Jay Gould contributed the money 
for the adjoining tract, 33)/ 2 acres on the north. 

The original tract embraced 7,600. 

Within the buildings the rooms have been ap- tomb of Washington 









































MOUNT VERNON. 


69 


propriately fitted up, and relics or other remembrances of Washington placed 
in them 

On the second floor, at the south, is the tvom in which Washington died 


1. Mansion. 

2. Kitchen 

3. Servants Hall. 

4. Dairy. 

5. Laundry. 

<5. Smoke House. 

7. ClcrkV Office. 

8. Gardener'* House. 

SI. Salt House. 

0. Weaving, Spinning, Shoe 
nnd Harness Making 
House. 


*»■ , ,,, 
3ow 1 

UK 

3133 


11. Fireproof. 

12. .Tew Ice House. 

13. Scrvanis Quarters, 

14. Green House, 

15. Servants Quarters. 

16. New Green House. 

17. 18. Seed Houses. 

10, Old Ice House, 

20. Barn. 

21. Com House, fnew.) 

22. Summer House and Vault 

23. Old Tomb, 

24. New Tomb, 

25. Vegcialde Garden. 

26. Flower Garden, 
i!7. Lawn, 

28. Front Lawn, 

29. Monument to X A. Wash¬ 

ington, 

30 Monument to Judge Wash¬ 
ington and wife, 

31. Monument loMrs. Conrad. 

32. Monument to Eleanor Parke. 

Lewis. 



lPLAEI 

of the grounds arou nd the 

M? VERNON MANSION 

with the names of the Buildings 
as used i re 

O' Washingtons time 



Deer Park. 


POTO m a c 


RIVER 


Dec. 14, 1799. The simple bed is the same from which the soul of Wash¬ 
ington took its flight to the eternal world. Mrs. Washington died two years 
after in the room directly above. The other rooms assigned to the States 
are also objects of absorbing interest. The view from the cupola is very fine. 


MOUNT VERNON AVENUE. 

A movement is on foot to build a memorial highway, 200 feet wide, from 
the Nation’s Capital, beginning at the proposed Memorial Bridge, at the foot 
of New York Avemle, or the New Iron Bridge, West Washington, 10 the 
lome and tomb of Washington, a distance of 14 miles. In 1888, the Virginia 
Legislature granted articles of incorporation and gave the corporation the 
privilege to ask the return of the $120,000 granted by the State of Virginia 
' in 1790 for the erection of public buildings in the E^ederal city, in considera. 
tion of its location on the Potomac, and to be used in carrying out the work_ 
The roadway is to be 60' width 70' on either side for parking and orna 
mentation. The points of interest along the route would be, Arlington 
House, National Cemetery, Alexandria, to Mount Vernon, making a drive 
of 2 l / 2 hours. Returning to Alexandria take the ferry back to Washington. 
































70 


DIRECTORY FOR STRANGERS. 


GENERAL INFORMATION. 

RAILROADS: The traveling public have every facility for reaching every 
part of the United States by railroad from Washington. 

Pennsylvania Route: Charles E. Pugh, General Manager; J. R. Wood, 
General Passenger Agent; George W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger 
Agent, Philadelphia; Robert A. Parke, Passenger Agent, South Eastern 
District, Washington, D. C. 

Leave Washington, from station, cor. Sixth and B Sts, as follows : 

Pittsburg and the \A est, Chicago Limited Express of Pullman Vestibuled 
Cars, daily; Fast Line, daily, to Chicago, Columbus and St. Louis, with par¬ 
lor car Harrisburg to Pittsburg, and sleeping cars Pittsburg to Indianapolis, 
Pittsburg to Columbus, Altoona to Chicago. St. Louis and Cincinnati Ex¬ 
press, daily. Parlor car Washington to Harrisburg, sleeping cars Harris¬ 
burg to St. Louis and Cincinnati, and dining car Harrisburg to St. Louis. 
Columbian Express, daily, Buffet parlor car Washington to Harrisburg and 
sleeping and dining cars Harrisburg to Chicago. Western Express, daily, 
sleeping cars Washington to Chicago and St. Louis, connecting daily at Har¬ 
risburg with sleepers Louisville and Memphis. Pullman dining cars Pitts¬ 
burg to Richmond and Chicago. Pacific Express, daily, for Pittsburg and 
the west, with sleeper to Pittsburg, and Pittsburg to Chicago. 

For Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara, daily, with sleeping car. 

For New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore., and the East, daily, and almost 
hourly. Limited Pullmnn vestibule parlor cars, vestibule passenger coaches 
and dining cars, 9 40 a. m. week days. 

Congressional Limited, with dining car from Baltimore for New York, 4 
p. m., daily; for Philadelphia, week days only. Extra charge. Boston, 
without change, daily. 

For Richmond and the South, twice daily. 

The New York and Chicago Limited embraces vestibule sleeping, dining, 
drawing-room and smoking room cars, the most superb and luxurious railway 
coaches ever built. Meals are served from bills of fare. Extra fare tickets 
to be had at station. Tickets and information in public prints and at the of¬ 
fice, 13th St. and Pa. Ave., and at station, where orders left for checking 
baggage to destination. 

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: J. T. Odell, Gen. Manager; Chas. 
O. Scull, Gen. Passenger Agent Trains, Vestibuled, Limited, daily for 
Chicago, and North West, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Pittsburg and 
Cleveland. Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis, sleeping car 
through. 

Royal Blue Line for New York and Philadelphia. Sleeping cars at night, 
Buffet cars day. Boston, daily, with Pullman Buffet sleeping car, to Boston 
without change, via. Poughkeepsie Bridge, landing passengers in B. & M. 
station at Boston- See public advertisements for trains. Baggage called for 
and checked, orders left at ticket offices, 619 and 1351 Pa. Ave. and at depot. 

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Union Depot 6 and B St. N. W. 
Pennsylvania station. Cincinnati Fast Line. dai[y, without change. The 
F. F. V. Vestibule Limited, daily, Cincinrati and for all points northwest and 
southwest. Daily, Old Point Comfort and Norfolk only rail line. See public 
prints for schedules, or Pulman tickets and information, 513 and 1421 Pa. 
Ave. H. W. Fuller, General Passenger Agent. 




DIRECTORY FOR STRANGERS. 


71 


Richmond and Danville Railroad: Union Depot 6 and B St. N. W. 
Pennsylvania station, Lynchburg, Ashville, Atlanta, New Orleans, Texas, 
and California, daily; Western Express and Washington and Atlanta; Mem¬ 
phis, daily; Southern Express. (See public prints for time tables. ) 

STEAMERS: For Mount Vernon : The fully equipped steamer, Charles 
McAlester leaves Seventh street wharf daily (except Sunday) for Mt Vernon, 
at 10 a. m. return 3 p. m. Round trip, $1, including admission to the man¬ 
sion and grounds. Cafe on steamer Capt. L. L. Blake, Commanding 
Charles McAlester. 

MARSHALL IIALL.—Sunday trips, 11 a m. and 2.30 p. m. Round 
trip, 25 cents. One and three-quarter hours for dinner Dinner, 75 cents 
Joseph C. McKibben, Manager. 

From Washington and V\ est Washington at stated intervals for points on 
the Potomac river, Chesapeake bay to Baltimore and Norfolk and Ocean lines 
to Philadelphia. New York and Boston. (See public prints for departure.) 

VEHICLES FOR HIRE: The rates of fare established by law, for the 
vehicles mentioned, in the District of Columbia are: 


Hacks. 

5 a. m. to 
12.30 a.m. 

12.30a.m. 
to 5 a m. 

By the hour. 

For one passenger or two passengers, for the first hour 

$0 75 

0 

c 

For each additional quarter of an hour or part thereof 

20 

25 

Provided , That for multiples of one hour the charge 
shall be at the rate per hour of. 

75 

1 00 

For three or four passengers, for the first hour ____ 
For each additional quarter of an hour or part thereof 

1 00 

1 25 

2 5 

35 

Provided , That for multiples of one hour the charge 
shall be at the rate per hour of. 

1 00 

1 25 

By the trip. 

By the trip of fifteen squares or less, for each passenger 

25 

40 

For each addidonal five squares or part thereof. 

10 

15 

Provided , That fo multiples of fifteen squares the 
charge shall be at the rate, for each fifteen squares, of 

25 

40 


Two horse hacks, for four persons, may charge $1 50 for the first hour and 
25 cents for each extra quarter hour. If dismissed outside the city 25 cents 
additional. In case of an over charge complain police station. 

The usual rates for special excursions in the vicinity of the city are: 

To Arlington, $5; Soldiers’ Home, $5; Brightwood, $5; or both $8. 
Insane Asylum, $5; Cabin John Bridge, $10; Great Falls of the Potomac, 
$20. Large excursions special rates by agreement. 

PLACES OF AMUSEMENT: Albaugh’s Opera House, Fifteenth st., 
south of Penna. Ave. 

Lincoln Music Hall, D and Ninth sts., N. W. New National Theater, E, 
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth sts 

SOCIETIhS: Grand Army of the Repubiic; Hall, Penna Ave., between 
Fourteenth and Fdfteeenth. Masonic Temple, corner Ninth and F sts., N. 
W. Odd Fellows’ Hall, Seventh st. W., between D and E North. Young 
Men’s Christian Association, 14 New York avenue. 




















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DIRECTORY FOR STRANGERS. 



CLUBS: Army and Navy, I Conn. Ave. Capital Bicycle, Fifteenth, be¬ 
tween D and E sts. Cosmos, (literary and scientific,) H and Fifteen and-a- 
half sts. Metropolitan, H and Seventeenth sts. 

CHURCHES: The following are the representative places of worship. 
The hours of services are usually 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. 

Baptist: Calvary, H and Eighth sts. 

Christian (Disciples of Christ): Vermont ave., between N and O^sts. 
Congregational: First, G and Tenth sts. 

Episcopal, Protestant: Epiphany, G, bet Thirteenth and Fourteenth 
sts. St. John’s, Sixteenth and II sts. 

Friend’s Society (Hicksite): Meeting house, I, between 18th and 19th s’s. 
German Reformed: First, Sixth and N sts., German Sunday morning. 
Hebrew: Washington Congregation, Eighth, between H and I sts. Fri¬ 
days sundown, Sabbath (Saturdays) 9 A. M. 

Independent: The Tabernacle, Ninth, between B and C sts., S. W. 
Lutheran: Concordia, Twentieth and G sts. The oldest congregation in 
Washington, organized in Funkstown, 1768. Memorial, Fourteenth 
st. and Vermont ave. 

Methodist Episcopal: Foundry, G and Fourteenth st. Metropolitan, 
C and Four-and a-half sts. Mount Vernon Place, (South,) K and Ninth sts. 
Methodist, Protestant: Twelfth and M sts. 

Presbyterian: Covenant, Connecticut ave., N and Eighteenth sts. 

First, (President’s,) Four-and-a-half, between C and D sts 
New York Avenue, H, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth sts. 

Roman Catholic: St. Aloysius, N. Capitol and Q sts. 

St. Matthew’s, Fifteenth and PI sts. 

Swedenborgian : New Jerusalem, North Capitol, between B and C sts. 
Unitarian: Church of All Souls, L and Fourteenth sts. 

Universalist: Church of our Father, L and Thirteenth sts. 

HO 1 ELS : Among the many fine hotels of the capital are the Arlington, 
Vermont Ave. bet. H and I Sts. $4 and $5 a day 345 rooms. 

Arno, 16th bet. I and K Sts. $5 a day. 165 rooms. 

Chamberlains, cor. 15th and I Sts. European for gentlemen. 

Cochran, cor K and 14th sts. European, $2 upwards. American, $5 
a day. 154100ms. 

Ebbitt, cor. F and 14th Sts. $4 a day. 250 rooms. 

LaNormandie, I and 15th Sts. $2 and upwards a day. 130 rooms. 
Metropolitan, Pa. Ave. bet. 6th and 7th Sts. $3 to $4 a day. 200 room. 
National, cor. Pa. Ave. and 6th St. A $2 50, E rooms $1 and up¬ 
ward a day. 350 rooms. 

Portland, Vermont av. and 14 st. 39 suites by the year. $950 to $1,800. 
Richmond, cor. H and 17th sts. Suites by the year $950 to $1800. 

Riggs, cor. 15th rnd G sts. $4 and $5 a day. 191 rooms. 

Shorehan, cor. 15 and I sts’ $5 a day. 350 rooms. 

St. James, cor. Pa. Ave. and 6th St. N. W. Rooms $1 to $1 50 a day. 
150 rooms. 

Welkers, 15 bet N. Y. Ave. and H St. European. 

Willards, Pa. Ave. and 14 st. $3 50 to $4 50 per day. 300 rooms. 
Wormley’s, cor. 15 and H sts. 

There are many other desirable hotels and apartmentihouses and also 
boarding houses at reasonable rates, among them the Hamilton, Randall, 
Oxford, Ellsmere, Stafford, Strathmore Arms, &c. 







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CITY OF WASHINGTON 

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Adapted to Keim’s Illustrated Handbook of Washington 
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